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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 7563882, member: 77639&quot;][USER=118902]@Dirtyfingers[/USER], welcome to collecting.&nbsp; First advice is take it slow and cheap while you’re learning.&nbsp; Speaking of learning, read books, subscribe to a magazine or two (I recommend Coin World and/or Numismatic News), and as you’re doing, use the internet.&nbsp; PCGS has the best coin value guide, but it’s not the “Price Guide”.&nbsp; It’s Auction Prices Realized.&nbsp; As others have pointed out, most price guides are for retail sales and tend to err on the high side.&nbsp; That’s a favor to dealers.&nbsp; Customers in a shop, online or at a show often refer to these, and it helps dealers if the listed prices are a bit high.&nbsp;&nbsp; Auction Prices Realized is the real deal for PCGS and NGC coins … it’s what collectors and some dealers actually paid for coins.&nbsp; It takes more work to use because sales are listed individually … it’s up to you to do proper averaging of selected coins.&nbsp; PCGS is just one company that has auction prices realized … NGC as well as some auction houses have these databases too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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