I went to my first coin show in a few years and was wondering if I made good choices: The list is: PCGS Graded 2000S Silver Proof Kennedy - PR69DCAM - orginally $50, got it for $35. ICG Graded 1973 Ike Silver Proof - PR69DCAM - $70 1986 Statute of Liberty Clad UNC - $20 1976 Bicentinal Silver UNC Set - $12 1972 Silver IKE UNC - Blue Pack- $6 1992 White House 200th Anniversary Proof - $25 or so 1984 2 Coin UNC Clad Olympic Set - Discus Coin -$23 !953 Series Red Seal $2 Bill - Low Serial # - $10 Any help would be greatly appreciated since this was my first time buying graded coins besides falling for HSN's gabage about the return of the Buffalo Nickel .
Maybe it's just me, but the Ike and Kennedy proofs seemed a tad steep for modern coinage, regardless of grade. I don't know a lot about such newer coins, but I wouldn't have paid so much for them. Guy~
When you said "1986 Statute of Liberty Clad UNC - $20" I assume you mean the half dollar? Since it is the only clad coin in that set? If so, I think $20 was too much. I don't see anything wrong with the others, although I have no idea about the value of those Ikes.
The statue of liberty half dollar is worth like 7 dollars. I don't know much about all these modern coins you mentioned, I just know about the statue of libertys because my dad gave me like 3 of the 2-coin sets.
High on some and low on some. Nothing looks that bad to me. One thing I recommend (even though I don't do it all the time) is to decide what you are going to look at when going through the show. Then check online dealers and ebay closed auctions to get an idea of what you will be spending. To me if ebay auctions on an item usually close at lets say $50, then I would not mind spending extra money over the $50 to hold the coin and get an idea if I like the coin. Based off the eye appeal you can decide how much extra to go. In my own opinion I would rather spend my money at the local coin shop(and yes that means more money) so I can hold the coin and form my own opinion. This way you do not have to worry about bad/mis-leading pictures or worse shipping costs to and from the seller. Just my thoughts.
