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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1958842, member: 36248&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><b>A Look at Coin Value</b></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><b>in My Type Set</b></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Some of my coins are VERY cheap, some are closer to my ceiling price of $350.00.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s not that I just bought the first coin that I saw, but it&#039;s more about I bought an example I like at a price I could afford <u>at the time.</u></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p>A good example is my Mercury Dime.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a very plain looking 1938 FB example that retails for $80.00.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s nothing amazing, but it&#039;s a great example of the &quot;type&quot;.&nbsp; At the time, I wanted to save my funds for some really special older circulated coins that would be harder to replace than a blast-white dime.&nbsp;&nbsp; This dime will suit me just fine for many years, and I&#039;m NOT looking for any &quot;upgrades&quot;, but once my set is 99%+ complete, I will look into circling back on a few coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my coins are probably &quot;meh&quot; to you, and some are probably &quot;wow&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is by design.&nbsp; &nbsp; I can&#039;t afford &quot;wow&quot; on every type, so I buy what I like and what I can afford.&nbsp;&nbsp; This set will keep me plenty busy for years to come, and I&#039;m in no rush to just fill holes.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s more that in some cases, $80 is all I want to spend on the Type and in other cases, it needs to be $350 to have the coin I want.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is a breakdown of the retail values of my coins, so you can get an idea on the spread.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe your collection is similar with some unique &quot;money&quot; coins, and some cheap &quot;toaster&quot; coins (everyone has one).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345135[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was hoping for a Bell Curve.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, I seem to find representative types most frequently at the $60 and $140 price points.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I have a wide spread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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