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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1500633, member: 26302"]Generically, for ALL price guides, any coin listed at less than $20 is a cheap coin, and price guides will list too high a price. Coins over $1000 are expensive coins, and price guides will often list too low a price. For coins in between, you never know what the price guide is versus market price, so it pays to research.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is just a generality, but it helps understand guides better. There are "conspiracy theories" as to why this is, but without getting in to them lets just say this is a good way to think of price guide information. </p><p><br /></p><p>The takeaway everyone should understand is you are not "making a lot of money" by buying group lots of 50 cent coins you get for 20 cents a piece. if its a 50 cent, 1 dollar, or even a 3 dollar coin most of the value of that coin is simply the dealer marking it for sale. Its really his handling charge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1500633, member: 26302"]Generically, for ALL price guides, any coin listed at less than $20 is a cheap coin, and price guides will list too high a price. Coins over $1000 are expensive coins, and price guides will often list too low a price. For coins in between, you never know what the price guide is versus market price, so it pays to research. That is just a generality, but it helps understand guides better. There are "conspiracy theories" as to why this is, but without getting in to them lets just say this is a good way to think of price guide information. The takeaway everyone should understand is you are not "making a lot of money" by buying group lots of 50 cent coins you get for 20 cents a piece. if its a 50 cent, 1 dollar, or even a 3 dollar coin most of the value of that coin is simply the dealer marking it for sale. Its really his handling charge.[/QUOTE]
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