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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 516043, member: 13650&quot;]Hey.&nbsp; Welcome back!&nbsp; I just got back in after a 14 year hiatus.&nbsp;&nbsp; The internet will help get you caught back up pretty fast though.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;ve practically worn the cover off my redbook.&nbsp; Sometimes for the price guide, sometimes just to see a picture, sometimes to look at mintage figures.&nbsp; Well worth getting one.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are a year ahead so 2010s should be coming out in a few weeks.&nbsp; You may want to wait for them now.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Here&#039;s NGC&#039;s online price guide.&nbsp; A little more up to date:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/NumismediaLanding.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/NumismediaLanding.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/NumismediaLanding.asp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; You may have to sign up for free.&nbsp; Paid members can look at population reports (how many coins of each type that have been slabbed in all the grades.)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Other decent places to find real time values are Ebay or Heritage Auctions (HA.com).&nbsp;&nbsp; Keep in mind at Heritage, there&#039;s a 15% final sale fee tacked on to every coin though.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Some silver eagles, otherwise known as &#039;ASE&#039;s&#039; for short, are higher because of the low mintages.&nbsp; They&#039;re all in the back of the redbook including the AGEs, mint sets, and basically everything the US mint has ever produced that has been documented.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Keep in mind that many series have had a lot coins melted down in mass by the mints, such as Morgan Dollars which had something like 270 million various types melted.&nbsp;&nbsp; So the mintage figures are original, but not what&#039;s left (of real ones) still in existence today.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Sometimes a coin such as a 1950-D nickel with a very low mintage, was known that it would have a low mintage when it came out and almost all of them were hoarded.&nbsp; Making them relatively cheap in high grades.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;While other, higher mintage coins, may not have had many collected or hoarded, while most of them went into circulation.&nbsp; Leaving very few mint state examples which will command high prices.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Glad you&#039;ve joined us!&nbsp; This is a great, active forum with many knowledgeable members that can help you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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