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<p>[QUOTE="Tom B, post: 1938534, member: 11854"]You have to keep in mind certain things. </p><p><br /></p><p>One is that the PCGS estimate for each coin is based on the <i>average</i> estimate guesses of their board of experts. Therefore, if you have one or two experts who are not in touch with specific issues then they can skew the average quite a bit with their misinformation. Additionally, the PCGS scale is <i>not</i> linear nor is it purely logarithmic. Truly, it is a best use scale slapped together for the job.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once we get passed those issues one has to realize that the market (supply vs. demand) does not care about the overall rarity of an issue, but rather the dynamic of the current supply vs. demand dynamic. Lastly, what you pay for an individual example may be far out of touch with how any generic scale rates that coin since each coin should be priced on its own merits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tom B, post: 1938534, member: 11854"]You have to keep in mind certain things. One is that the PCGS estimate for each coin is based on the [I]average[/I] estimate guesses of their board of experts. Therefore, if you have one or two experts who are not in touch with specific issues then they can skew the average quite a bit with their misinformation. Additionally, the PCGS scale is [I]not[/I] linear nor is it purely logarithmic. Truly, it is a best use scale slapped together for the job. Once we get passed those issues one has to realize that the market (supply vs. demand) does not care about the overall rarity of an issue, but rather the dynamic of the current supply vs. demand dynamic. Lastly, what you pay for an individual example may be far out of touch with how any generic scale rates that coin since each coin should be priced on its own merits.[/QUOTE]
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