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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7944509, member: 105571&quot;]There has been a lot of chatter on the Forum in recent months about increases in coin prices.&nbsp; Here is one more data point from a Great Collections auction last night.&nbsp; I was watching this one but it got way past my limit for this particular coin.&nbsp; Of course, one point does not make a trend but I think this is emblematic of what we are seeing overall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this is a very nice 1930 SLQ, PCGS MS-66 FH, CAC.&nbsp; I have included several photos of the coin including some poorly-focused closeups (sellers photos).&nbsp; It is, IMHO, a very nice coin with a blast white but original (probably) surface.&nbsp; It hammered at $2850 ($3206 with the BP).&nbsp; Now, as nice as this coin is, the full head is more of a Minimum Full Head than either a Sharp or Ultimate.&nbsp; The shield is nice for having shield lines but it is still missing rivets.&nbsp; The eagle&#039;s breast has weak feathers.&nbsp; And, it appears that there is some kind of a ding in Liberty&#039;s cheek and neck.&nbsp; (How did it get a 66 CAC with that?)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, for a year and mint that is notable for having strong and even exceptional strikes and where 50% of the coins are known full heads and where blast white and lustrous examples are common (per J.H. Cline, <i>Standing Liberty Quarters,</i> 4th Ed., 2007), this is not a particularly exceptional example.</p><p><br /></p><p>The CDN <i>Rare Coin Market Review</i>, a quarterly publication that lists retail prices for CAC coins, says the MS-66 FH CAC has a value of $1690.&nbsp; (I know; price guides are lagging indicators and no good anyway but that is only true to an extent). </p><p><br /></p><p>So, the subject quarter sold for almost double the listed value in the price quide.&nbsp; Now, it&#039;s not too unusual for a exceptional example to command a premium price over the price guides, but is this coin an exceptional example?&nbsp; As I stated above, I don&#039;t think so.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were 49 bids on this coin with 8 bidders but only 4 of the 8 participated in the final run-up of the bids.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the auction price of this quarter a one-off or an example of a heated market?&nbsp; My conclusion is a bit of the former but a lot of the latter.&nbsp; Comments?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, in the other coins that I was watching in this auction, gold half eagles 1834 to 1861, I saw some pretty heated hammers for mediocre coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375631[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1375632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1375633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1375634[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1375635[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1375636[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1375637[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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