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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 560131, member: 13650&quot;]FWIW, the blue book is supposed to represent (close to) wholesale prices that dealers may find the coins at or what a dealer may offer you for a given coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Red book is supposed to represent what YOU may find coins priced at.&nbsp;&nbsp; I find it to be a decent general guide for most common stuff.&nbsp; Pick a Morgan dollar out on ebay, graded.....whatever,&nbsp; MS-63 say, .....see what it sells for tonight and then look to see where the red book prices it.&nbsp; Chances are it will be within 10-20 bucks.&nbsp; &nbsp; If not within 5 bucks. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; On the other hand, the grey sheet is a lot more up to date and will tell you what dealers are paying (WHOLESALE) for general series&#039; and types of coins within the past week.&nbsp; You can order them individually whenever you want.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is what a dealer most likely paid or close to it so you will know roughly how much mark up is on what they&#039;re selling.&nbsp; And if you&#039;re willing to pay it.&nbsp; I normally order one the week before I&#039;m heading to a coin show.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I also look at NGC&#039;s price guide online, free for a general idea on stuff.&nbsp; It&#039;s normally a little high.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, look at what coins have sold for at Heritage Auctions, (don&#039;t forget to remember their 15% auction fee that&#039;s included on them), and what stuff goes for on ebay.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage also has a list of recent, past sales for coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; But look at the dates as well.&nbsp; &nbsp; The last time some rarer coins may have sold was years ago when spot gold was a third of where it&#039;s at now for example.&nbsp; &nbsp; I was looking at a gold eagle that the last ones sold on Heritage in 2007 for around 600 bucks.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now they&#039;re going for 800 bucks.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Also, sometimes there will be a flyer price in the list or a real low price.&nbsp; Meaning there may have been an exceptional example in that grade or the low price may have been a cleaned or damaged coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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