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Message:: [QUOTE="softmentor, post: 1490742, member: 10469"]Who's to say the Greysheet is all that "accurate" either? All such pricing guides are what they are, guides, not gospel. Note they are printed on paper, not stone. Also note that they are the cumulative "research" of certain people who choose certain criteria to come up with their list. And, it is ALL history. Who knows what today or tomorrow may bring? Those who disdain one for another (in my never to be humble opinion) miss the point. They are a reference, nothing more. But they are also that, a reference, nothing less. If you know what Red book is, then you can depend on it as such, if you surmise what Greysheet is, it follows that you can use it to your advantage, if you know what an online guide offers, it is handy in its own way. At times I find my old 1971 guide helpful in its own way. When I want to search out the meaning of a word, I actually have 2 very nice, unabridged modern dictionaries. I also have 4 lesser editions and half a dozen that are 50 to 200 years old and a handful of other word tools. Each has its value, each has its worth, each its thoughtfully valued opinion. I call upon them all as it seems right to do so. But in the end, --I-- choose the word and hope it conveys the meaning --I-- intend to convey. History has its lessons. I choose the price, no, strike that, I  choose  the value of a coin today.[/QUOTE]