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<p>[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1291231, member: 17555"]Removing idiot bids and outliers, ebay is by far the best place to guage the value of a ~common coin imo. Special one off rare coins, and those that command 5 figures, or high 4 figures are better suited to corporate auction houses in order to value them and guage thier value. Ultimately you have to look at the seller and coin.,, If john doe has 20 common date morgan dollars in MS62-64 where do you think he is most likey to sell them ? I'm unsure if HC would even accept them in one of thier auctions.. my guess is that his best selling outlet would be the 'bay, and the best place to value the coin would be from the place he plans to sell it,, ie-the 'bay. </p><p><br /></p><p>... You should value your coins within the venue in which you plan to sell them. Now it wouldn't hurt to check HC values for a MS62 1885 morgan dollar before opting for the venue, but my guess is that the 'bay would offer the best venue for such a sale.... and it's these types of sales that make up the vast majority of coin sales, thus the vast majority of coin values are probably best guaged on the 'bay (again, person valuing a coin on the 'bay, or even HC etc.. should always remove outliers, as poor overly agressive bidding exists in both venues).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1291231, member: 17555"]Removing idiot bids and outliers, ebay is by far the best place to guage the value of a ~common coin imo. Special one off rare coins, and those that command 5 figures, or high 4 figures are better suited to corporate auction houses in order to value them and guage thier value. Ultimately you have to look at the seller and coin.,, If john doe has 20 common date morgan dollars in MS62-64 where do you think he is most likey to sell them ? I'm unsure if HC would even accept them in one of thier auctions.. my guess is that his best selling outlet would be the 'bay, and the best place to value the coin would be from the place he plans to sell it,, ie-the 'bay. ... You should value your coins within the venue in which you plan to sell them. Now it wouldn't hurt to check HC values for a MS62 1885 morgan dollar before opting for the venue, but my guess is that the 'bay would offer the best venue for such a sale.... and it's these types of sales that make up the vast majority of coin sales, thus the vast majority of coin values are probably best guaged on the 'bay (again, person valuing a coin on the 'bay, or even HC etc.. should always remove outliers, as poor overly agressive bidding exists in both venues).[/QUOTE]
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