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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4685574, member: 105571"]The 1860-O is the most common of the Liberty Seated dollars but having said that, all Liberty Seated dollars are scarce/rare. This coin looks about EF-40 or 45 but it has been cleaned and has relatively unattractive eye appeal. </p><p><br /></p><p>For valuation, for an attractive cleaned coin I usually discount the value by about 50% unless the coin is unusually common which would increase the discount or unusually scarce/desireable which would tend to decrease the discount. An unattractive cleaned coin gets a bigger discount. I think 40% to 60% decrease is about right for this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greysheet wholesale bid for the '60-O in EF-45 is $545. So, I'd value this coin at about $250 to $350. Having said this, pricing details coins is a very difficult area since there are no price guides for details coins. Perhaps the best way to try to get a handle on it is to review auction records from Heritage and Great Collections for details coins. But in the end, valuing and selling details coins is problematic which is why the traditional advice is to not buy them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4685574, member: 105571"]The 1860-O is the most common of the Liberty Seated dollars but having said that, all Liberty Seated dollars are scarce/rare. This coin looks about EF-40 or 45 but it has been cleaned and has relatively unattractive eye appeal. For valuation, for an attractive cleaned coin I usually discount the value by about 50% unless the coin is unusually common which would increase the discount or unusually scarce/desireable which would tend to decrease the discount. An unattractive cleaned coin gets a bigger discount. I think 40% to 60% decrease is about right for this coin. Greysheet wholesale bid for the '60-O in EF-45 is $545. So, I'd value this coin at about $250 to $350. Having said this, pricing details coins is a very difficult area since there are no price guides for details coins. Perhaps the best way to try to get a handle on it is to review auction records from Heritage and Great Collections for details coins. But in the end, valuing and selling details coins is problematic which is why the traditional advice is to not buy them.[/QUOTE]
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