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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bacchus, post: 41088, member: 759&quot;]Another thought, just to connect a couple dots suggested here:&nbsp; The <i>Red Book </i>and <i>Photograde </i>are good suggestions if you want to do an evaluation or preliminary ballpark evaluation yourself.&nbsp; You use <i>Photograde </i>to assess the condition, or grade, of each coin.&nbsp; Once you have determined a grade, you go to the&nbsp; <i>Red Book </i>and look up an approximate market value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beware that on some of the rarer coins slight deviations in condition can mean big differences in market value.&nbsp; Someone offering you money for a coin can undergrade it for its actual condition as well as underprice it for its actual condition.&nbsp; For example, if a MS-67 coin has a market value of $600, and a MS-65 coin has a market value of $400, a shifty buyer might tell you that your MS-67 coin is only a MS-65, but he is offering you the great price of $450, $50 over a MS-65&#039;s value.&nbsp; In reality he is paying you $150 less than the MS-67&#039;s value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Complicating this is that published market value prices are just a guide.&nbsp; You also need to be aware of whether the prices are wholesale or retail.&nbsp; And, there is some subjectivity in grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>So don&#039;t expect absolutes, but you can arm yourself with a lot of knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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