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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 20735, member: 112&quot;]notacoinguy - </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not that you are stupid - it&#039;s that you are ignorant of how the system works. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes - the prices you see for the Heritage value index are averages for the most part. Heritage also assigns value for the amount of demand for a given coin. But there are different dealer networks that Heritage does participate in with different values. That is because one is retail - one is wholesale. And the Heritage index is also comprised almost completely of slabbed coins. Very few raw coins bring such prices. Instead of looking at the index - look at examples of raw coins for the date &amp; mint. You will get a more accurate idea of value.</p><p><br /></p><p>But regardless of what price index or guide is used - that does not mean that the coin you have would sell for that much, especially if your coin is raw. And it doesn&#039;t matter what book it has been in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if I had a copy of the book in question I would be happy to provide you my opinion of the grade. But grades based on pictures are not always accurate even for those who are good at it. And I&#039;m quite good at it. This is because a picture can be manipulated to display or hide whatever you want it to do. And nobody but a fool would ever offer to purchase a multi-thousand dollar raw coin based soley on a picture. They would insist on seeing the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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