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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3145239, member: 112"]Given the limitation that you've described, the grades, I don't think you can stick to one source. And I'm assuming here but I assume you mean some of your coins are graded low and thus not readily capable of being found in most auction results.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for this - PCGS <i>Rare Coin Market Report - </i>given it's very nature, what good would it do ? I say that for two reasons, based on my experience it's greatly inflated to begin with, and two, it changes, sometimes drastically, every single day. A quick look at these 2 links explains what I mean - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1%20day&direction=gain&category=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1%20day&direction=gain&category=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1 day&direction=gain&category=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1%20day&direction=loss&category=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1%20day&direction=loss&category=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1 day&direction=loss&category=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So if coins are dropping or gaining in value by 50%-60%, per day, how could your wife possibly use it ? And even though I would never trust this report, I most definitely do agree that coin values do change every single day. The question is how much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line Kanga I think you best option would be for you to expend your efforts in a different direction, a different method. What I would do if I were you, and I would offer the same advice to anyone and everyone, would be for you to find a dealer that you trust and respect. And then your wife would be able to go to that person and have him either buy the coins from her or liquidate them for her. That option takes the burden off her shoulders then, and yours now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3145239, member: 112"]Given the limitation that you've described, the grades, I don't think you can stick to one source. And I'm assuming here but I assume you mean some of your coins are graded low and thus not readily capable of being found in most auction results. As for this - PCGS [I]Rare Coin Market Report - [/I]given it's very nature, what good would it do ? I say that for two reasons, based on my experience it's greatly inflated to begin with, and two, it changes, sometimes drastically, every single day. A quick look at these 2 links explains what I mean - [url]https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1%20day&direction=gain&category=0[/url] [url]https://www.pcgs.com/prices/AllChanges.aspx?period=1%20day&direction=loss&category=0[/url] So if coins are dropping or gaining in value by 50%-60%, per day, how could your wife possibly use it ? And even though I would never trust this report, I most definitely do agree that coin values do change every single day. The question is how much. Bottom line Kanga I think you best option would be for you to expend your efforts in a different direction, a different method. What I would do if I were you, and I would offer the same advice to anyone and everyone, would be for you to find a dealer that you trust and respect. And then your wife would be able to go to that person and have him either buy the coins from her or liquidate them for her. That option takes the burden off her shoulders then, and yours now.[/QUOTE]
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