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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2843487, member: 36230&quot;]So now we&#039;re comparing apples to oranges? Mintage, at least when compared with either the survival rate and/or popularity/demand, is utterly meaningless. There&#039;s actually an old thread in which our buddy LeRoy perfectly (and unintentionally) makes this point. According to his &quot;figurings&quot;, the 55 DDO should be a &quot;six figure&quot; coin simply because it&#039;s estimated mintage is approx 1/20th (or less) that of the S VDB. Does this make sense? Of course not, so why would one ever use one of the most popular coins of the most popular type to try to make a point about a very common and plentiful gold piece? One is purely numismatic/collector value while the other, particularly in this case, is directly tied to its metal content.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is that if there was a ready market willing to pay $500 for this date/type/mint (or the similarly plentiful) in EF, I&#039;d still be personally involved in this hobby and loving every minute of it. Unfortunately for me, this simply isn&#039;t the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I can and do respect the gist of what you&#039;re trying to say, please remember that we (seemingly) have someone new to the hobby asking this question. Giving them best-case, laugh-all-the-way-to-the-bank prices is really doing a disservice, and simply because they&#039;ll not ever be able to achieve them. No dealer, even one willing to give a good-guy or first-time deal, will ever cough over anywhere near $500 for a melt level coin, and even if we look to eBay completed listings, we also have to consider the fact that the OP likely doesn&#039;t have an established coin-centered account, meaning he&#039;ll not be able to achieve the same as someone who has a record of selling such material. Good or bad, we really need to keep in mind that so much of this hobby is situational.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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