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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2289944, member: 112"]You can find out everything you want right here - <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.aspx?type=coinindex&filename=index" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.aspx?type=coinindex&filename=index" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.aspx?type=coinindex&filename=index</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now some people discount the value of the PCGS coin indexes. They say - oh those don't mean anything because those indexes only pertain to those specific coins (the list can be found at the link I provided). But usually these people don't want to believe what those indexes tell you. People want to believe that the values of their coins are always going up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that simply isn't true. The coin market rises and falls on a regular basis just like all other markets in the world. In fact the coin market is among the most fickle of markets because people's emotions have a larger and greater impact on it than most other markets. I have watched the PCGS indexes for over 15 years. And in that time I have compared what the indexes tell you to what is reported in the numismatic press in the same time frames. Result, the indexes are valid, they do accurately reflect the overall trends in the coin market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now there can be times when a specific series or a specific type does not follow the trend of the indexes for a given period of time. But these are the exceptions, not the rule. Taken on the whole, the indexes are extremely accurate in reporting trends.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2289944, member: 112"]You can find out everything you want right here - [url]http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.aspx?type=coinindex&filename=index[/url] Now some people discount the value of the PCGS coin indexes. They say - oh those don't mean anything because those indexes only pertain to those specific coins (the list can be found at the link I provided). But usually these people don't want to believe what those indexes tell you. People want to believe that the values of their coins are always going up. Well, that simply isn't true. The coin market rises and falls on a regular basis just like all other markets in the world. In fact the coin market is among the most fickle of markets because people's emotions have a larger and greater impact on it than most other markets. I have watched the PCGS indexes for over 15 years. And in that time I have compared what the indexes tell you to what is reported in the numismatic press in the same time frames. Result, the indexes are valid, they do accurately reflect the overall trends in the coin market. Now there can be times when a specific series or a specific type does not follow the trend of the indexes for a given period of time. But these are the exceptions, not the rule. Taken on the whole, the indexes are extremely accurate in reporting trends.[/QUOTE]
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