I have a 1973 Roosevelt Dime professionally graded at MS-66. I have visited the the PCGS price guide and it shows this dime being worth $125.00. I have contacted PCGS just to make sure that I have read this correctly and they confirmed it. Now this is not an old coin, it is not silver, and the mintage seems average. What is it that makes this dime worth so much more than 10 cents? link to the price guide for dimes at PCGS http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.chtml?type=date&filename=roosevelt_dime_mod
First of all - who graded & slabbed the coin ? It makes a great deal of difference when it comes to value as not agrading companies are considered equal. Secondly - the PCGS price guide can be the most inaccurate of all the price guides at times. Other price guides list the very same coin as having a value of $11. But to be quite honest - I think you'd have a hard time getting that much in an auction. MS66 is not that high of a grade and it is not uncommon for this coin. In higher grades it does have more value. This is because circulation type coins in very high grades are often sought after by many collectors. They are not common in very high grades.
