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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 766901, member: 17753&quot;]I thought I might treat myself to some &quot;hole fillers&quot; of those semi-key old Lincolns.&nbsp; Sometimes I find some steals on eBay -- often I use &quot;Numismedia&quot; as my bible for FMV, since they are up-to-date and also, I&#039;ve seen, a bit on the low side.&nbsp; I figure if I can get the coin for lower than Numismedia, then it&#039;s a decent deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody else in another thread mentioned a few on-line sites they like.</p><p><br /></p><p>And so, I decided to compare Numismedia to some of those sites, just for general knowledge.&nbsp; This is a case study with a sample size of one (so I&#039;m not drawing any conclusions) -- but I found some strange results, and I was wondering if someone could help explain to me what the heck is going on.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked a low end 1911-s, because that&#039;s what I was interested in, and because someone a while back recommended that as a sleeper.&nbsp; (Yes, yes, I know that high end is the way to go for appreciation/investment, but I&#039;m not a dealer,&nbsp; high end collector, or investor -- and, in any event, high-end for this coin is out of my budget, and I just want to fill a long-time empty hole).</p><p><br /></p><p>With all those caveats aside, here&#039;s what I found for G-4/VG-8/F-12 for 1911-s:</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismedia:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20/29/37</p><p>mtvcoins.com&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - /58/ - </p><p>coastcoin.com&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 55/-/-</p><p>valleycoin.com&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - /66/69</p><p>executivecoin.com -/48/-</p><p><br /></p><p>OK -- so what the heck is going on?!&nbsp; Yeah, yeah, I know, a lot is eye appeal, and vagaries of grading . . . but, still . . . why is Numismedia so so much lower than elsewhere, often half the price?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts/comments anyone?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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