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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2084317, member: 26302"]Many series are like this. Price guides, IMHO, almost ruin collecting. Yes, its convenient to know ABOUT what a coin runs so you do not pay $100 for a $1 coin. However, almost every series I have ever studied had great hidden rarities that always went higher than any guide, and most common coins always went lower.</p><p> </p><p>I also agree nice barbers are scarce little creatures. Seems most at the time did not think it was terribly attractive, and few were saved in pristine condition at the time. Heck, any barber in VF or better is getting scarce, the only common ones are AG-F really.</p><p> </p><p>As for prices, I would ignore Ebay and go to heritage and see what they typical run. Ebay is such a weird market you can take advantage of it if it goes cheap, btu do not think Ebay is "the market". Its not, its a flea market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2084317, member: 26302"]Many series are like this. Price guides, IMHO, almost ruin collecting. Yes, its convenient to know ABOUT what a coin runs so you do not pay $100 for a $1 coin. However, almost every series I have ever studied had great hidden rarities that always went higher than any guide, and most common coins always went lower. I also agree nice barbers are scarce little creatures. Seems most at the time did not think it was terribly attractive, and few were saved in pristine condition at the time. Heck, any barber in VF or better is getting scarce, the only common ones are AG-F really. As for prices, I would ignore Ebay and go to heritage and see what they typical run. Ebay is such a weird market you can take advantage of it if it goes cheap, btu do not think Ebay is "the market". Its not, its a flea market.[/QUOTE]
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