Coin values magazine

I usually buy Coin Values Magazine at the local Walgreens , haven't seen it in a while , also noticed Heritage doesn't list CV prices anymore , are they still printing it or is it a victim of the economy . Thanks
rzage:smile

 

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I get Coin Values with my Coin World subscription. I got the August issue just the other day. So, yes, it is still in print.

 

Coin Values prices are high-end retail

I felt like a real turkey when I learned that Coin Values prices are wayyyyy high....To think that I was actually paying the ridiculous, full retail prices, especially for common-date Morgan dollars, before I learned the importance of trying to get closer to greysheet (wholesale). At shows, it's always a nice feeling when you score a nice, problem-free coin and pay sheet or only a little above. It doesn't happen for me often, but that's part of the thrill of the hunt. I still subscribe to the online version of Coin Values, because it is useful to me in on sense: I know to discount the prices for coins that I look up. As a general rule, I pay no more than the retail price for the same coin one grade lower (with some series, it is more important to discount by two grades). Anyway, I think that Coin Values is OK as long as it is properly used as a tool to guide you in your buying decisions.

Richard

 

Same here.
And sturmgrenadier is right about the prices being way high. I like the articles though.

 

Try looking for it at any Barnes & Noble, most of them carry it.

 

heritage coin values
http://coins.ha.com/common/auction/prices.php

 

When checking prices I usually go to Heratige , see how much that grade sold at auction and the other price listings , but it ultimately comes down to whether I like the coin and price . But I like reading about coins so Coin Values was just another coin mag , with prices that are usually high .
rzage

 

Check Teletrade and eBay also.
Nothing like current auction results.
Probably the most accurate assessment.
Just be careful with eBay results. Make sure you look at 5-10 completed auctions if possible. Sometimes newbie bidding wars drive prices to unrealistic levels.

 

I've always found this attitude curious. A retail customer is shocked or upset to discover that he has been paying retail prices. In coins the retail customer seems to think that he should be paying wholesale prices. But if the retail customer buys at "wholesale" then the dealer or wholesale has to be able to buy at LESS than wholesale. That would make the old wholsale price the new retail price and the price the dealer pays the new wholesale price. Then the retail customer wants to pay the new wholesale. Would seem the final result would be a steady decline in prices/values.

It used to be the Graysheet was for dealers only and was their wholesale price guide BETWEEN DEALERS not retail customers.

 

I get it every month along with coin world. Their prices are WAAYYYYY high but I loke reading it.

 

But even the greysheet ASK price is often alot lower then these other guides.

 

Which makes it about worthless for a price guide.

 

That's interesting.

 

Highest price sold where??

I sell a Mexican coins on Ebay at 4 time Coin Value prices and have done so on multiple occasions. Does not seem to affect the Values price. been the same for years.

 

I usually use it for a frame of reference , I've paid Coin Value prices before but they were primo coins , but it has some interesting stories , and if you know the prices are high you just adjust , the old rule if you're happy with the coin and the price you've paid what's the problem .
rzage

 

The Coin Values I read has only US coins , I take it they have a world coin guide .
rzage

 

A decent and fairly accurate reflection of the retail market is included in Numismatic News on a once monthly basis. It is called "Coin Market" and is a stapled in mini-magazine that you can pull from the larger magazine and keep it seperate.

 

I just bought a copy on Wed. It has a section called Coin Market at a glance , is that the one you mean .
Rusty

 

I don't think so. They have an issue every week, and the part Jack was talking about only comes in it once a month. Its a seperate little booklet that comes inside of the regular Numismatic News. I think it is much better than some of the price guides out there.