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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4314486, member: 73489&quot;]I just joined HA in 2019.&nbsp; Ebay for years before with mostly low-priced coins and/or bullion but my few Saints were from my LCS.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Really ? So they were in effect &quot;short&quot; (common) Saints and couldn&#039;t find them ? </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m surprised...unless they just didn&#039;t want to pay up or worse bet on falling gold prices dragging the price lower and it instead moved higher.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Maybe the market for gold and/or Saints moved against them, hence why they couldn&#039;t deliver?</i>&nbsp; I&#039;ll ask my clients if they ever got the runaround.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">I&#039;ve got charts showing the premiums on generic MS64/65 Saints and it&#039;s been coming DOWN for years.</span></b>&nbsp; If it&#039;s risen of late -- probably in relation to the rising bullion price -- that could explain things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common Saints used as bullion substitutes with small premiums for numismatic value can see erratic pricing when the underlying price of bullion moves up a few hundred dollars as we have seen of late.&nbsp; Sellers don&#039;t know if they should just tack on the extra bullion price (the premium thus FALLS) or keep the premium the same (price rises FASTER than the raw bullion amount).</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing is clear:&nbsp; the moves on the up and downside tend to move further than expected over time.&nbsp; And with sellers quick to jump the price in relation to rising gold prices but prices STICKY TO THE DOWNSIDE when gold is falling, the price as I said can be erratic and move faster or slower in relation to the underlying price of gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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