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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4867811, member: 105571"]Short answers are "Yes" and "Yes".</p><p><br /></p><p>Starting about a month ago I began a collection of Capped Bust Half Dimes by Red Book variety. The collection goals are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Slabbed by PCGS or NGC, although raw might be OK under certain conditions.</p><p>2) Grade range AU-55 to MS-63, with a lean to early die state, toned, and nice coins for the grade including CAC.</p><p>3) A small prejudice for better/scarcer die marriages in the event that I choose later to expand my collecting scope to die varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far, I have purchased four coins to add to the 1836 MS-63 I already had in my Type Set. Two were direct purchases from APMEX, one was from a Great Collection auction, and one was a direct purchase from the Steve Crain Fixed Price List sale. I have also been checking eBay auctions and Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I perceive that prices for coins in my target categories are higher than the price guides would project and that auction results are also higher than last years by more than inflation. Can I quantify this? No, it is merely my gut feel based upon a very limited sample.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of interest perhaps is that Greysheet (please don't inundate me with your opinions of Greysheet, we all know its limitations) has not shown any increase or decrease in values for this category from September, 2019 to date (as far back as I checked).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4867811, member: 105571"]Short answers are "Yes" and "Yes". Starting about a month ago I began a collection of Capped Bust Half Dimes by Red Book variety. The collection goals are: 1) Slabbed by PCGS or NGC, although raw might be OK under certain conditions. 2) Grade range AU-55 to MS-63, with a lean to early die state, toned, and nice coins for the grade including CAC. 3) A small prejudice for better/scarcer die marriages in the event that I choose later to expand my collecting scope to die varieties. So far, I have purchased four coins to add to the 1836 MS-63 I already had in my Type Set. Two were direct purchases from APMEX, one was from a Great Collection auction, and one was a direct purchase from the Steve Crain Fixed Price List sale. I have also been checking eBay auctions and Heritage. I think I perceive that prices for coins in my target categories are higher than the price guides would project and that auction results are also higher than last years by more than inflation. Can I quantify this? No, it is merely my gut feel based upon a very limited sample. Of interest perhaps is that Greysheet (please don't inundate me with your opinions of Greysheet, we all know its limitations) has not shown any increase or decrease in values for this category from September, 2019 to date (as far back as I checked).[/QUOTE]
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