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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 1364696, member: 23692&quot;]I think that the average price might be higher in Group B, because they actually know what they are looking at, and the relative scarcity (in that grade) of what they perceive.&nbsp; A good number of the folks in group A are not collectors, but rather novice investors who have been brainwashed into thinking that coins are the new Silicon Valley stocks from the 80&#039;s &amp; 90&#039;s.&nbsp; As such, they look at Trends (retail) or an annual guide and then figure a 30-50% discount on what&#039;s there.&nbsp; Or they go to Ebay sales and see what the &quot;title&quot; of the auction has sold for before. ... any Ebay data is linked to the Title of the Auction, not what the coin actually was in true grade.&nbsp; Then they add 10% because it&#039;s slabbed because everyone &quot;knows&quot; that a coin has to be slabbed to be bought or sold (or so every TPG will tell you).</p><p><br /></p><p>The B group, knowing the relative scarcity for the raw coin, pays no attention to annual guides or Ebay sales .. he KNOWS what it&#039;s worth with a knowledgeable buyer from a knowledgeable seller.&nbsp; Any time that you have both a buyer and a seller agree on the grade of the coin (not what&#039;s on the plastic) then both people are getting a good deal and usually a higher price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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