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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 1412896, member: 1886&quot;]The problem with researching prices is grading itself.</p><p>Grading standards, interpretations, etc have always</p><p>been changing. What collectors like also keeps </p><p>changing. The original Photograde only covered </p><p>circulated grades and yet Ruddy managed to sell</p><p>8 million copies. At one time collectors didn&#039;t care</p><p>about mintmarks. On some coins a diecrack is just</p><p>a diecrack. On another coin it&#039;s &quot;actually&quot; a big deal</p><p>worth hundreds if not thousands.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are hundreds of varibles that play out in the</p><p>price of coins.&nbsp; Anyone of which can change again</p><p>or disappear. Buying the best you can afford made </p><p>alot of sense when grades were few, the visual </p><p>difference between grades was large and the price</p><p>difference just a little. Paying $5 in 1950 for an Unc</p><p>instead of $4 in XF was a great deal for 25% more.</p><p>Is it a great deal today when you can barely see a </p><p>difference at all between grades.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect</p><p>the buy the best attitude to change. But it and any</p><p>other varible can change slowly or instantly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your better off just collecting what you like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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