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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 74243, member: 1674&quot;](emphasis mine)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Prepare to be amazed Spencer...</p><p><br /></p><p>The PCGS price guide lists the 1910S Brown Lincoln Cent in &quot;EF&quot; as being worth $30.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Heritage price guide lists it at XF45 as being $23-$31, close enough, so I started looking at eBay closed listings.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-Penny-Very-Nice-Found-in-lock-Safe_W0QQitemZ8333184372QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-Penny-Very-Nice-Found-in-lock-Safe_W0QQitemZ8333184372QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">Here</a> a 10S in F (tops) sold for $56.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-Cent-AU-Estate-Sale_W0QQitemZ8335174117QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-Cent-AU-Estate-Sale_W0QQitemZ8335174117QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">Here</a> an XF coin (mislabelled as AU) sold for $48.50.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-Cent-Extra-Fine-No-reserve_W0QQitemZ8332998565QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-Cent-Extra-Fine-No-reserve_W0QQitemZ8332998565QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a XF coin (by description only) that sold for $37.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-XF-AU-TOUGH-EARLY-S-MINT_W0QQitemZ8329422791QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-Lincoln-XF-AU-TOUGH-EARLY-S-MINT_W0QQitemZ8329422791QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">This</a>&nbsp; is a VF coin (mislabelled XF/AU) that didn&#039;t sell for $24.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-LINCOLN-CENT-AU-50_W0QQitemZ8331866178QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-LINCOLN-CENT-AU-50_W0QQitemZ8331866178QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">This</a>&nbsp; XF coin (Called AU50) sold for $47.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-LINCOLN-CENT-XF-45_W0QQitemZ8331848508QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-S-LINCOLN-CENT-XF-45_W0QQitemZ8331848508QQcategoryZ39456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">this</a>&nbsp; VF coin (listed as an XF45) sold for $23.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am satisfied that the PCGS price guide is correct in its price for this one coin.&nbsp; That means that your blanket statement about &quot;it is NEVER right&quot; is false.&nbsp; I strongly agree that the PCGS price guide is routinely overpriced, especially for the MS 65+ grades, but my point about that price guide being most applicable to PCGS graded coins is valid, too.&nbsp; That guide is overpriced, but so are PCGS coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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