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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2315621, member: 76863"]I missed this earlier my apologies but you are absolutely correct. The population reports are nice as a starting point but nothing can replace the knowledge of a specialist or someone very passionate about a series when it comes to the availability of coins. Nothing is worse then thinking something is common and passing on one you like only to go a few years still searching for another other a small percentage of the price difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do think the population reports overall are a good thing as a starting point, but with the internet now a days with Great Collections, Heritage, Ebay ect and the PCGS coin dealer search function looking through those sources for examples or how often rarer coins come to market is probably a better real world indicator of how inflated (or accurate) some of those populations may be from crack outs and cross overs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2315621, member: 76863"]I missed this earlier my apologies but you are absolutely correct. The population reports are nice as a starting point but nothing can replace the knowledge of a specialist or someone very passionate about a series when it comes to the availability of coins. Nothing is worse then thinking something is common and passing on one you like only to go a few years still searching for another other a small percentage of the price difference. I do think the population reports overall are a good thing as a starting point, but with the internet now a days with Great Collections, Heritage, Ebay ect and the PCGS coin dealer search function looking through those sources for examples or how often rarer coins come to market is probably a better real world indicator of how inflated (or accurate) some of those populations may be from crack outs and cross overs.[/QUOTE]
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