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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 8141429, member: 112"]Determining of a coin is CAM or DCAM based on pics can be very difficult, unless the pics are taken in just a certain way, particularly with copper. What I'm talking about is the black (fields) and white (devices) effect we see on pics of CAM/DCAM silver or clad coins. And even though the cameo effect is easily seen in those pics, you still can't really make a call between CAM and DCAM. It's something you pretty much can only do in hand. As for the pricing anomalies, there's all kinds of things that could explain that. Pops at the time of sale, especially if it was a pop 1, grading standards at the time of sale, was the market nearing a peak or dropping through the cellar floor. And there's no way to ever account for an individual collector's emotions at the time of sale. I've seen coins that would sell for $300K, and a month later sell for half or less than that. And of course the TPG that slabbed it often makes a difference as well, though granted, not that much difference ! But in situations like you're talking about, I'd put a lot more stock in the low end pricing than I ever would the top end.[/QUOTE]