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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 13031, member: 68&quot;]There is also something much more to the moderns than the price guides or even the dealers sell lists can show you.&nbsp; Slabbed coins generally start at at least a few dollars because of the high cost of having them slabbed.&nbsp; The Red Book has never made any attempt to accurately reflect the value of moderns.&nbsp; Dealers selling raw coins as gems are quite often overgrading even with the moderns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the later date Lincolns are actually pretty tough to locate in MS-65.&nbsp; Once they are found it will cost $10 to slab them and the market value tends to be even lower so it&#039;s not cost effective.&nbsp; This causes dealers to seek the coins raw and to often sell choice coins as gems.&nbsp; Even with these lower grades it is sometimes cheaper for the collector to just go ahead and buy the slabbed coins.&nbsp; The best way is to get out and look for the coins yourself.&nbsp; You can find nice gems with a little effort and they&#039;ll often be quite cheap.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago there were huge numbers of moderns that could be sold wholesale as MS-60&#039;s for less than the Red Book value in gem!!!&nbsp; In a few cases these were coins which were scarce in gem!!!&nbsp; Use a different price guide for moderns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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