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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2217469, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;m not terribly familiar with market values of LRBs in general, but after John&#039;s post, I decided to take a look at what the highest grade examples of this type fetched at auction... relevant, I thought, since the OP coin was purchased in an auction scenario rather than off a fixed price list or store. </p><p><br /></p><p>The pictures of the OP coin are a little low resolution, so I can&#039;t really say if it compares favourably with some of the more outstanding examples I saw, but I did see many excellent coins in Extremely Fine go for between $100 - $200.&nbsp; There were, however, a few outliers that went for significantly more.&nbsp; These two are from CNG auctions (unslabbed, no special provenance). </p><p><br /></p><p>$575 after fees:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]433924[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>$500 after fees:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]433923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with the points that John makes about how graded slabs and hoard provenances are used as marketing tools, but would add that when it comes to very high grade coins in an auction scenario, anything goes!</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:</p><p>Useful links to check for price comparisons of coins you&#039;re considering purchasing to others of the same type that were sold at auction - </p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/</a></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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