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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1343241, member: 13650&quot;]Its free to look around.&nbsp; All it takes is your time.&nbsp; If you have a graded coin in mind, look it up in the redbook.&nbsp; See what they say it&#039;s valued at.&nbsp; Go to ebay, do an advanced search for that exact coin and see what past auctions have sold for.&nbsp; Look at the coins.&nbsp; See what the different eye appeal is like which may explain some anomalies here and there.&nbsp;&nbsp; See how close the selling prices are to the redbook.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Then check NGC&#039;s guide or PCGS.&nbsp; See how close they are to their guide.&nbsp; Then look at Heritage.&nbsp; See what people have paid for various ones there.&nbsp;&nbsp; Compare that to the redbook.&nbsp; &nbsp; A lot of times, ebay prices may be very close to the redbook guide.&nbsp; It all depends.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Finally, it comes down to what you&#039;re willing to pay.&nbsp;&nbsp; If there&#039;s a really nice coin, many people will pay over redbook to get it.&nbsp; If it&#039;s mediocre or common, most will pay under redbook.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s just a guide.&nbsp;&nbsp; If the redbook values a coin at $100, you aren&#039;t going to be able to buy it for $20.&nbsp; But you may be able to get it for $80.&nbsp;&nbsp; IMO, for a guide book that comes out once a year, it&#039;s not that bad.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If you&#039;re primarily looking at coins that are a $100 or less, the redbook probably is a close enough guide for what you&#039;re doing.&nbsp; Most of the time.&nbsp; &nbsp; If you&#039;re looking at $3k coins, then you&#039;ll need to do more research.&nbsp; &nbsp; Sometimes you have to do some homework.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you&#039;re mad about it, just pay whatever you&#039;re willing to pay and ignore all the guides.&nbsp; &nbsp; How do you think the prices get into the guides?&nbsp; It&#039;s based off of what people are paying around the country.&nbsp; &nbsp; Somebody has to decide.&nbsp;&nbsp; You&#039;re a buyer, so you basically play a roll in what the values are without even realizing it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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