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Message:: [QUOTE="tcore, post: 186403, member: 2949"]LETSBUYCOINS, you seem entirely too uptight about the price you paid for your coin (no offense intended). As has been stated, if you're happy with your coin, try to leave it at that.  I bought a $10 gold piece a little while ago that I paid a little over the current price trend for. However, I thought it had great eye appeal and since the time I bought it, it's gone up and is probably worth $25 - $50 more than I paid for it. So you never know what's going to happen. Whether or not you overpaid for your coin is subjective in my opinion. There are so many factors that apply to coin pricing that there really isn't a formula. You have to keep in mind mintage, surviving population, population in the specific grade you're looking at, current market trends (as often indicated by recently completed auctions), popularity of the series, eye appeal for each specific coin, and the list goes on and on. So, once you take all of these factors into account, you decide what you're willing to pay for a coin and then you buy it at or below that price. Heck, you can have two 1894 $10 gold pieces both technically graded MS61 by PCGS... However, one could have tons more eye appeal than the other. In that case, I'd be willing to pay more for the one with better eye appeal than the other. Try to keep all these things in mind. Have a great weekend![/QUOTE]