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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3666443, member: 59677"]The prices in Red Book are - especially if it's a couple of years old - at best a guidepost (and remember, the Red Book prices are FULL retail, not what you can sell then for).</p><p><br /></p><p>When you compare to PhotoGrade, be brutal. If it's "almost as nice as that VF coin", then it's Fine not VF. Otherwise, you are fooling yourself and wasting your money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check eBay sold listings (not just listing) to see what a graded coin is selling for.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it's been cleaned (and most older coins have been) it's worth a good bit less.</p><p><br /></p><p>In order to be worth sending in for grading, it has to sell for more than your cost (here zero which helps), plus the cost of grading ($30-40) plus eBay/PayPal fees (figure 15% or a little more), plus $1 for a bubble envelope to ship in plus $4 postage (w/ tracking).</p><p><br /></p><p>Accept that common date, well worn Franklin half dollars are only worth their silver content. There are apps such as CoinFlation that will give you that value. The shop is going to pay a bit under and sell for a bit over (right now, it's running about 13.6x face is the melt value so you might sell for 13x and buy at 14x).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3666443, member: 59677"]The prices in Red Book are - especially if it's a couple of years old - at best a guidepost (and remember, the Red Book prices are FULL retail, not what you can sell then for). When you compare to PhotoGrade, be brutal. If it's "almost as nice as that VF coin", then it's Fine not VF. Otherwise, you are fooling yourself and wasting your money. Check eBay sold listings (not just listing) to see what a graded coin is selling for. If it's been cleaned (and most older coins have been) it's worth a good bit less. In order to be worth sending in for grading, it has to sell for more than your cost (here zero which helps), plus the cost of grading ($30-40) plus eBay/PayPal fees (figure 15% or a little more), plus $1 for a bubble envelope to ship in plus $4 postage (w/ tracking). Accept that common date, well worn Franklin half dollars are only worth their silver content. There are apps such as CoinFlation that will give you that value. The shop is going to pay a bit under and sell for a bit over (right now, it's running about 13.6x face is the melt value so you might sell for 13x and buy at 14x).[/QUOTE]
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