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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 478418, member: 15062&quot;]I noticed disturbing trends at a local coin show this morning.&nbsp; </p><blockquote><p>1. I know that prices aren&#039;t necessarily stable, but it seems that prices have nearly jumped a grade.&nbsp; AU stuff is selling at MS prices.&nbsp; Fine items are priced at XF prices, and even some lower grade things show the same jump.</p><p>2. There&#039;s been a similar jump in grading.&nbsp; Coins with no rims graded G or VG, Coins with obvious wear graded BU, items with mottos worn away graded EF, some coins with missing (worn) lettering graded AU, etc.</p><p>2. A lot of, if not most, BU/MS items show a lot of damage, i.e., MS-63 and 64 items have enough dings and scratches to make them more realistically a MS-60 or 61, at best.</p><p>3. True high-grade MS Shield Nickels, Liberty Nickels and SLQs are selling at almost double Red Book.</p><p>4. Lower grade Barber dimes, quarters and halves are plentiful and reasonably priced but there are no true AU+ or BU examples available.</p><p>5. The ratio of modern post-1964 coins vs pre-1965 available is nearly 50-50.&nbsp; Dealers are buying so much of the new stuff that I don&#039;t see how they can possibly sell it all.&nbsp; None of it, IMHO, is worth anything over face.</p><p>6. Many dealers claim that they have &quot;better&quot; stuff back at the shop or store.&nbsp; Why would they bring junk to a show and leave desirable items at home?</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Maybe this is a local thing but there were about 20 dealers here from about a 60 mile radius and all had the same products.&nbsp; This was in the Pittsburgh area and the dealers were from PA, OH and WV.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have passed on several apparent good buys on ebay in the past month while waiting for this show but it&#039;s looking like I could have done a lot better on ebay.&nbsp; If the trends I noticed are accurate then I think that ebay can fill my needs a lot better than the local sellers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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