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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 31614, member: 669"]That's a very, very bad guess my friend. Do a search on "Red Book" and read the many, many prior postings on the subject. The Red Book is an excellent resource for many things, including getting a feel for which coins in a series have the relatively highest value, but since coin prices change with every transaction, and a Red Book edition is closed for revision months before it actually goes on sale, it is universally understood to be virtually worthless as a guide to the present value of any specific coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also do a search on "grey sheet", or "bid" and "ask", and read about the more commonly relied on pricing guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another source of current pricing is analysis of closed auctions, including the major ones like Heritage, Superior, etc.; and EBay. Auction prices reflect what willing sellers actually paid to willing buyers, not someone's opinion of what something "should" sell for.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - Congratulations on your correct usage of consensus, without the superfluous "of opinion". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 31614, member: 669"]That's a very, very bad guess my friend. Do a search on "Red Book" and read the many, many prior postings on the subject. The Red Book is an excellent resource for many things, including getting a feel for which coins in a series have the relatively highest value, but since coin prices change with every transaction, and a Red Book edition is closed for revision months before it actually goes on sale, it is universally understood to be virtually worthless as a guide to the present value of any specific coin. You can also do a search on "grey sheet", or "bid" and "ask", and read about the more commonly relied on pricing guides. Another source of current pricing is analysis of closed auctions, including the major ones like Heritage, Superior, etc.; and EBay. Auction prices reflect what willing sellers actually paid to willing buyers, not someone's opinion of what something "should" sell for. BTW - Congratulations on your correct usage of consensus, without the superfluous "of opinion". :D[/QUOTE]
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