Greysheet: which quarterlies to order?

I finally got the free samples of the weekly and monthly versions. I think I'd like to see what the quarterly issues look like.

What is the cheapest way to do that? Order them each separately as back issues in digital format for $2.99/ea?

I was disappointed that the free sample didn't cover trade dollars.

There is also some sort of special whereby I can get them all night hard copy + some extras for $17.75:

https://www.greysheet.com/web_order/special_form.asp

Or a "custom deluxe dealer pack" (ooh! aah!) for $24.95.

I don't care about the Greensheet. I think the Bluesheet might be beneficial (?) and I already have Nov 2013 issues of the weekly and monthly. So for digital, my cost for back issues would be $2.99 x 4 = $11.96.

Thus:

1) Is it worth the extra ~$6 to get more recent copies of what I already have?

2) is it worth ~$14 more to get the binder and the "Complete CDN Index" ("Where to find your coins")?

I think #2 is a definite "no". Thanks.

 

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I think the answer sir would be the infamous, "it depends".

What kind of pricing are you looking for? If its something like circulated barbers or wheat cents the prices do not change very much or very often. If that is the case I would say one copy a yer is plenty. If you are wanting price sheets for MS65 or very valuable type coins like Chain cents then I think a regular subscription would be beneficial to you. Maybe you are somewhere in between and quarterly would be a good purchase. It all depends on the types of coins you want sir IMHO.

 

I'm just looking for a 1x "reference sheet". I'll probably update it once a year or so. I'm interested in US coins (non-gold), late 1800's and newer. Not mint state.

My fascinations as of late are trade $, peace $, and flying Eagles. Oh, and Walking Liberty halves.

 

OK for the four series you are interested in you want a copy of the Monthly supplement for Flying eagles and Walkers, a copy of the weekly for the Peace dollars, and a copy of Quarterly II for the Trade dollars.

How often you want to buy a copy is up to you. Frankly unless you are a dealer buying and selling on a daily basis I can't see you needing to get new copies more than a couple times a year.

 

What is covered in quarterlies 1 and 3?

 

The Bluesheet represents the lowest bids for the worst of the worst in a sub-section of particular holders. In my opinion, it is entirely useless.

 

Why 1 month's worth of Greysheet weeklies?

 

Quarter 1 http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/Q1Covered.asp
Quarter 2 http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/Q2Covered.asp
Quarter 3 http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/Q3Covered.asp

There is no quarter 4. Oddly each "quarterly" comes out every third of a year.

 

You would also need at least one monthly. That is the only place you would find the values for circulated FE, Indian head cents, Lincolns, Walkers and several other series.

What the monthly contains
http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/MonthlyCovered.asp

 

So digital would be the way to go?

 

Not to beat a dead horse (at least dead since January...)

... to cover all US coins, I would buy:

1) the last four (4) "Weeklies":
* 9/5/2014 (3B)
* 8/29/2014 (3A)
* 8/22/2014 (3B)
* 8/15/2014 (3A)
https://www.greysheet.com/Commerce/scripts/subscription_back_form.asp

2) the latest "Monthly":
* CDN Monthly Supplement: 8/2014 (3A)
https://www.greysheet.com/Commerce/scripts/BuyBackIssue.asp?r=4335

3) and the latest three (3) "Quarterlies":
* Jun 2014 (PR2)
* May 2014 (PR1)
* Apr 2014 (PR2)
https://www.greysheet.com/Commerce/scripts/subscription_back_form.asp?IssueType=Q

 

A couple of times a year I buy the $17.75 set, it's very useful to me when attending the local Whitman shows and auctions. I put them in a three ringer binder. At times, I find them confusing especially at auctions when I need to quickly locate an item.

I wonder if greysheet sells a digital version that can be viewed on a smartphone?

Mike

 

They do, but as far as I can tell, the digital version are never the latest versions.

They are PDFs.

 

https://www.greysheet.com/Commerce/scripts/customer_pdf_login.asp?svc=CDNi&

 

I got a subscription if you only wanted one yearly set your welcome to have my old issues I keep a set of the 3 most recent and give away the rest pm me if you want some

 

Odd that they charge higher for online only access than printed editions. Most are the other way around, figuring they are saving postage.