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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1842439, member: 112&quot;]The value of a coin is based on it&#039;s condition, what&#039;s known as the grade of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture of the coin that sold for 180 pounds ($288 US) -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mcsearch.info/images/111/1105231.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now compare that your coin, can you not see the difference between the two ? Your coin has a great deal more wear on it than this coin does. It is a much higher grade than your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is another coin that has more wear on it than the one I pictured above, so a lower grade than the one above, but less wear than your coin has. So it is a higher grade than your coin. It sold for $120 US.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mcsearch.info/images/111/1105234.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again the difference between this coin and yours should be very easy to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these coins I pictured above are problem free coins. But, your coin looks to have been harshly cleaned at some time. That makes your coin a problem coin, like I explained in the other thread. So it would be worth only a fraction of the $120 coin. For two reasons, 1 - if it were gradeable (which it isn&#039;t) it would grade lower than the $120 coin. And 2 - it is a problem coin so that makes it worth even less.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m posting this so you can the differences and hopefully understand why 1 coin is worth more than another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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