Another dumb question......many more to follow

A corollary: ignorance is the primary manifestation of laziness.

 

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As a beginner I would suggest you look up the coin you're interested in on eBay. Make sure you look for the "sold" prices not the coins that are currently up for bid. The prices for coins up for bid are normally all over he place, some Sellers purposely price high hoping to get inexperienced Buyers to pay the higher price. As a secondary price guide, you can use "Coins" or "Coin World" monthly magazines, the prices there are only a month old. The Grey Sheet is the best, but it's expensive and I would wait until your a little more into coins before you consider subscribing to it.

 

"There aren't any dumb questions, just dumb answers."

 

Probably better for you to just avoid threads like this, since you plainly prefer to not be part of the solution. The rest of us will just go ahead and understand that nobody is born wise, and continue to teach people to fish when they ask to learn. That's what "teaching" is about; in your world, Third-graders don't deserve an education simply because they don't already know the curricula.

Tony, your best source for determining coin prices - if available - is recent records of sales. You're not competing for that coin with some publication, you're competing with real people using real checkbooks and it behooves you to learn what they're willing to pay. Sometimes it's a price which prudence dictates you shouldn't match; people are weird that way.

And the only stupid question is the one which goes unasked. There are plenty of us who are willing to answer the same question a thousand times.

 

Nicely done.

 

The issue with redbook "pricing/values" have nothing to do with when they were printed or how much time has passed, but how they are compiled.

 

Bah

 

While I don't think these numbers justify such a discrepancy in value, it could create a perceived shortage of the 2012 sets? Just a guess.

Sales of 2008 – 2012 Silver Proof Sets

Issue Price Coins Debut Sales Final Sales
2012 Set $67.95 14 189,628 395,443
2011 Set $67.95 14 209,367 574,175
2010 Set $56.95 14 241,656 585,414
2009 Set $52.95 18 271,372 694,406
2008 Set $44.95 14 292,004 774,874

 

Humbug...