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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 13295, member: 57463&quot;]I take it from the subsequent posts that this &quot;MS-65&quot; grade is your own opinion, or perhaps also that of the seller, rather than of a qualified third party.&nbsp; I am sure that they are nice coins.&nbsp; Gold uncirculateds are indeed pretty!&nbsp; Numbers from 60 to 70 can be difficult to attach objectively.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The only price that counts is the one you pay right now.&nbsp; Anything else is an opinion out of synchronicity, either from the past (history) or future (speculation).&nbsp; Several factors collide to make price guides as &quot;objective&quot; as possible (if that _is_ possible for _any_ of them).&nbsp; If the prices are too low or too high people who depend on the guide give the editors direct feedback to bring the prices back into line.&nbsp; On the other hand, those same people try to manipulate quoted prices to get their own immediate good buys/good sells.&nbsp; They give the editors false information to achieve that. So, editors use judgement.&nbsp; Being editors, they are neither buyers nor sellers. That brings it back to you at the counter.&nbsp; The price you paid was the right one.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the grade &quot;Unc&quot; means the low end: MS-60.&nbsp; It also means a PROBLEM-FREE example, sight-seen.&nbsp; One way that collectors sidetrack their goals is by buying coins that have problems.&nbsp; You mentioned the one that would have been an MS-65, but for a staple scratch.&nbsp; Many collectors would accept that at a lower price, but the coin has a problem and cannot be sold for the arguable grade.&nbsp; If resold, the next buyer will downgrade it even further -- unless the next buyer is gullible.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; In other words, in the case of the Bust Half you mentioned down a few posts in this thread, if the coin were a Very Fine, in details, but had rimnicks, scratches, bad cleaning, etc., a dealer might get rid of it for the Good price. Many collectors think of this as a &quot;bargain.&quot;&nbsp; It is not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Always buy the best you can afford, problem free, after&nbsp; you have inspected it -- and if you have any questions, get a second opinion.&nbsp; That applies to coins, Pez dispensers, whatever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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