From what I can find it looks like this coin is super scarce cataloging at $2k in BU... A dealer sold it to me in a big bag of melt stuff... Is this coin really worth that much?
The most recent catalog for this gold coin is $1750. The mintage though is 10,000 which is high by modern standards so I'd guess it would be a tough sell. Krause can be all over with their valuations and this one might be a little high.
This coin is silver. I assume that is what you meant. EDIT No you were right. I just found the listing for the silver version... and while it is much more common it still catalogs for $200 in BU... not bad for melt. so I WAS missing something.
guess it's time to cave & get a new book. I have a 1998 Standard Catalogue of World Coins, and the listing is $60 in UNC. for this in silver. I love this book, and it's served me well for a long time.
'98 was a good year. My favorites were '75, '86, '91, and the last one before they dropped the 19th century. The old ones are a hundred times easier to use. The new catalog lists the 50 D 1967 (1970) silver coin as only $100 in BU. It probably got a little circulation so the 100,000 mintage might mean it's a good piece to buy or hold. The new 2012 catalog comes out in a few weeks and I'll pan... ...er, ah, ...review it if anyone's interested. In Krause's defense last year's edition was the best in years and I'm hoping for further improvements. I'd just like to know what the coins are really worth and it's so difficult with most of the coins I like. I know how to adjust prices for silver and gold to get close to real value and they're usually close with older bronze but modern base metal are all over the map with prices ranging from 5% to 300% of actual values. They tend way too low.
