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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 3734123, member: 36248&quot;]It&#039;s whatever any one person is willing to pay.&nbsp; &nbsp; If you think there is some nice formula that says every +1 grade equates to 0.356 more value then, no, there is nothing concrete like that.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sometimes, certain series, MS60-MS64 might all be very similarly priced, as everyone is say chasing MS65+ examples which cost considerably more than the MS64 and lower coins float at their base medal values.&nbsp; &nbsp; For example, generic gold coins.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Other series, maybe AU grades are all very common, and are all similar in priced, and so you could pick up a AU58 for same price as AU53, but as soon as you hit MS, they are leaps and bounds between each MS grade 61,62,63...</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes certain dates of a series are particularly scarce, or particularly sought after for non-scarcity reasons, and that one date might behave very differently than other coins in the same series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing, which is probably the most important thing, is that every coin is it&#039;s own special creation.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Just because you see 50 examples of a 1923 Peace Dollar in MS66 all within say $10 of each other, doesn&#039;t mean that the very next example of that same date and condition wouldn&#039;t sell for 3x as much.&nbsp; &nbsp; Does it have some beautiful buttery luster that people are chasing?&nbsp; Do people think it&#039;s really a 67?&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it in a desirable holder, such as a Doily, is it CAC approved, does it have a uncharacteristically sharp strike, does it have a desirable provenance, etc?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you see each coin as its own special child, totally unique from its siblings, you will understand that a secret pricing formula makes no sense, unless you only concern yourself with the most generic or generic coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if you really do come across a particular coin and date and grade that has zero pricing examples on <a href="http://www.ha.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ha.com" rel="nofollow">www.ha.com</a>, then I would think it is incredibly rare to the point of any guess as to pricing needs to be thrown out the window.&nbsp; &nbsp; You might as well figure a 10x or 100x over your MS60 pricing, and no real way to know until the auction ends where it will end up.</p><p><br /></p><p>HA has a seriously large database of prices realized, so always start there for an approximate value, and add or subtract as necessary based on the qualities of the specific coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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