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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 4402154, member: 73489"]<b>Good point....HA appears to have that in their archives.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Ideally, you would compare the same graded coins with similar multiple-bids, indicating a liquid market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that even though 2 coins may both be identical PCGS MS65's one might have appearances or defects that cause bidders to discount it 20% and what you think is a falling price is in fact the market pricing 2 similar but not exactly identical coins. All you can do is look at recent auctions and/or price charts from NGC and guestimate.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roger Burdette's Saint-Gaudens book has a price table for MS60/63/65 Saints.</b> It apparently came from the Heritage archive. Not sure how exactly they computed it, but they must have relied on the Heritage sales going back 20-25 years and other sources back to 1976. Unfortunately, coin pricing will never be as exact as financial security prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 4402154, member: 73489"][B]Good point....HA appears to have that in their archives.[/B] Ideally, you would compare the same graded coins with similar multiple-bids, indicating a liquid market. The problem is that even though 2 coins may both be identical PCGS MS65's one might have appearances or defects that cause bidders to discount it 20% and what you think is a falling price is in fact the market pricing 2 similar but not exactly identical coins. All you can do is look at recent auctions and/or price charts from NGC and guestimate. [B]Roger Burdette's Saint-Gaudens book has a price table for MS60/63/65 Saints.[/B] It apparently came from the Heritage archive. Not sure how exactly they computed it, but they must have relied on the Heritage sales going back 20-25 years and other sources back to 1976. Unfortunately, coin pricing will never be as exact as financial security prices.[/QUOTE]
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