Grey Sheet

whats a grey sheet? And where do I get one?

 

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https://www.greysheet.com/

 

I have lots of slightly out of date ones if you need a basic reference and don’t want to pay for a subscription

 

The greysheet is the dealer's wholesale price guide. You can subscribe, as mentioned above, you can ask your local coin dealer if he would give you old copies rather then throw them out, or, you can find the current greysheet value (aka CDN and CCDN) on Heritage Auctions (HA) lot listing for a specific coin. You would need to sign up on Heritage to see this, but it's free. That's how I access it. Free is good.

 

You can make a one-time $55 purchase of the "7-Pack" Set.

Scroll down the following link (near the bottom):
https://www.greysheet.com/Publications

But I'm guessing you'd prefer the $21/month "U.S. Coin Dealer 'Specialist'". Cancel at any time... that's probably what you'll do after a couple months.

 

I get a yearly subscription. I keep the most current but am happy to pass along any previous ones honestly if it’s within the last year it’s pretty current with the most major fluctuations being bullion affected earlier gold

 

A greysheet is something that makes potential customers with no experience as a coin dealer think they can buy everything for wholesale.

The Real World is actually more complicated than that.

Kind regards,

George

 

Greysheet, I believe, is intended to be prices for dealer to dealer transactions. Dealers often offer some percentage less than greysheet to sellers and their own sell prices are higher than greysheet.

 

If someone could send me an older one, it would be greatly appreciated. I like the cherry picker books, but the values seem a bit overinflated.

 

This one deserves a "best answer", folks....

 

I don’t mean to not answer your question, but if you don’t know what greysheet is, I suggest you start with eBay and search previously sold items. The prices there are much more realistic for you than greysheet.

 

Another important knowledge is how to grade a coin. If you don't know how to grade then any raw coin value from any source is suspect.

 

The value of a grey sheet to a novice collector in my opinion sets an expectation level of the value when selling to a dealer. If a dealer offers 50% of grey sheet then I'd walk away, At 15 to 20 % off grey sheet I'd be interested in negotiating with the dealer. Everyone is entitled to make a profit but an informed seller makes sure the deal is fair to all parties.

 

According to a recent press release, the gray sheet is going to be combining all their different sheets into a single publication. Don't know what the price is going to be.

 

I don't think that you will find very many errors or varieties listed on the grey sheets thus your cherry picker varieties won't be listed in there.

 

they are passing them out at coin shows. if you send me a pm I will look at the copy they gave me and tell you the subscription price sunday when I get home.

 

^See? See?#$%&&**!??

Kind regards (rant over),

George

 

What he said!

 

We stopped passing out the Greysheet at shows several months ago and have now replaced it (at shows) with the "CPG Coin & Currency Market Review". The CPG guide is intended for collectors with retail pricing and articles targeted toward that audience, and has been embraced by all the shows we've sent them to. You can view the entire first edition on this site (link) or subscribe in print at our site (link). The CPG prices are also available free for everyone on our web site as well in the prices section (link).

As far as how get derive our prices, the answer is not so easy. We are constantly evolving how we determine prices, and different series require a different approach. We just started a series of podcasts to discuss a wide range of topics, including pricing in this week's episode. You can listen to it here (link).

Thanks,
John