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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1490258, member: 36230"]Of course not. Let me put it this way.. you have a guide to price used socks and it claims a value of $5, yet you can buy for a nickel. So are someone's used socks a good buy just because they are priced at or under book value? The point is that you need to look at every coin individually and not base your decision to buy off of a price guide.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes... it depends on a lot of things. May I ask what you collect and/or are interested in? There are a select few coins that probably could be bought for bluebook, but there is good reason for this... no one wants them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bluebook is supposedly a guide for collectors to use in getting an idea of what a dealer will pay them for their coins, but for all sense and purposes, its worthless and anyone who claims otherwise is either lying or fooling themselves. Any dealer worth your time will buy (or not) based on what you really have, market conditions, and their individual situation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1490258, member: 36230"]Of course not. Let me put it this way.. you have a guide to price used socks and it claims a value of $5, yet you can buy for a nickel. So are someone's used socks a good buy just because they are priced at or under book value? The point is that you need to look at every coin individually and not base your decision to buy off of a price guide. Yes... it depends on a lot of things. May I ask what you collect and/or are interested in? There are a select few coins that probably could be bought for bluebook, but there is good reason for this... no one wants them. The bluebook is supposedly a guide for collectors to use in getting an idea of what a dealer will pay them for their coins, but for all sense and purposes, its worthless and anyone who claims otherwise is either lying or fooling themselves. Any dealer worth your time will buy (or not) based on what you really have, market conditions, and their individual situation.[/QUOTE]
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