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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2346746, member: 68&quot;]I just checked eBay for &#039;82-P quarters.&nbsp; There were more than usual and I saw four decent coins but they were going for $30 or more which is far above what the price guides suggest.&nbsp; None of these was very gemmy but they were choice.&nbsp; There was lots of junk and much of it was vastly overpriced and included many AU coins.&nbsp; There was one &#039;82-D for sale at over $600 but it was junk as well in an MS-67 slab. If this piece of junk is MS-67 then I&#039;ve got an entire roll of MS-72&#039;s. It&#039;s a common chBU not a superb Gem. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I did see one interesting thing.&nbsp; A whole roll of decent looking BU&#039;s with a current bid under $30.&nbsp; None of these coins is even what I&#039;d call chBU but they&#039;re really Uncs and they aren&#039;t ugly.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Collectors look in the Krause price guides or Redbook and see the coin lists for only $3 in chBU so they think they can get a nice choice coin for $3.&nbsp; They can&#039;t.&nbsp; This is one of the big things in moderns; the price guides are just pathetic.&nbsp; The services overgrade many coins and then the price guides drive people away from buying anything. Then they&#039;ll list an old coin for that same $3 price that you can get by the bag for 25c each. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Apparently the real price of chBU &#039;82-P is around $30.&nbsp; Imagine what it would be if everyone who wanted one at the $3 price listed by Krause actually went out and tried to buy one.&nbsp; There would be hundreds of buyers for every specimen on the market.&nbsp; Krause, Redbook, etc are doing the market a horrible disservice by listing unrealistic prices.&nbsp; Even the PCGS priceguide does the same thing.&nbsp; Coins below MS-65 are listed for a song.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As bad as Krause is for US coins they seem to be far worse for world moderns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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