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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 906154, member: 15929&quot;]For modern coins, more often than not the prices in the PCGS Price guide reflect what top registry owners have paid for coins. The prices can rise very quickly but take forever to come down.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The prices also reflect relative rarities with accents on the word &quot;relative&quot;. I remember a time when the 1999-D Georgia Quarter commanded $850 in MS67. When folks see those prices, they start searching a lot of quarters to come up with those coins. Find, Sell, Find, Sell and then along comes a 68 which makes the 67 seem less important and the prices start slipping.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Literally every modern coin which is produced by the millions, is subject to being de-throned at some point in time and unless a collector has money to blow, they could be a bad investment. Not a bad collectible, but a bad &quot;investment&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Proof coins, on the otherhand are almost ALWAYS PR69DCAM or PR70DCAM coins anymore and the importance of that 70 rating just does not seem to be there. Look at the Boy Scout MS70 and PR70DCAM coins on eBay. Each can be picked up for less that $100 which speaks volumes toward the importance of that 70 grade for a modern coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For &quot;free&quot; access to the PCGS Pop reports, all you need to do is own a PCGS slabbed coin and join the PCGS Registry. You&#039;ll be able to view current populations for any coin within the series that you own. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Say you own a PR69DCAM New Jersey Clad Quarter. Join the registry (Its free) and add the cert number for your coin into your inventory. Entering that one coin should give you access to all the different registry set possibilities for a Washington Quarter and enable you to play &quot;What If&quot; scenario&#039;s which reveal actual populations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you are not a Registry Participant and want to join, use this link:</p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/Default.aspx?sid=1968" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/Default.aspx?sid=1968" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0066cc">http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/Default.aspx?sid=1968</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That way I will get credit for referring you and earn points towards free gradings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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