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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 122442, member: 3011&quot;]I looked at this problem about a year ago and studied the prices of common date $20 liberties in relation to melt value over a number of years.&nbsp; There is variation from year to year, but this is what seemed to qualify as close to &quot;average&quot; pricing over long periods of time.</p><p><br /></p><p>VF - melt plus $50</p><p>XF - melt plus $75</p><p>AU - melt plus $100 [so your purchase price was reasonable]</p><p>low MS - melt plus $150</p><p><br /></p><p>Lower prices seemed to be bargains, higher prices seemed to be overpaying.&nbsp; The lowest prices achieved seemed to be about $50 per grade lower than the above prices, and probably are great buy prices if history is any guide.&nbsp; So if you can buy an AU coin now for $600, you probably should grab it because it&#039;s probably a tremendous bargain at the low end of the price range.&nbsp; I havent&#039; seen any that cheap personally, and I wouldn&#039;t trust EBAY claims about grading.&nbsp; There were a couple of times when VF coins actually sold for almost double the melt value in the past, which turned out to be a terrible time to buy but a good time to sell.&nbsp; Interestingly, when gold prices were rising, the premiums seemed to fall most of the time.&nbsp; Maybe more people rush to sell when prices move higher than they were in the recent past, I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; So I would say your AU is now worth about $660 with gold around $580.&nbsp; Whether you can get that price is another matter.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t, wait awhile and there is a good chance you will if the price of gold holds up.&nbsp; All markets are unpredictable, including coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that this is my personal guideline based on a study that I won&#039;t claim is scientific or statistically valid.&nbsp; I&#039;m more of an investor than collector, so keep that in mind too.&nbsp; My opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it.&nbsp; But it&#039;s what I use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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