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<p>[QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2708409, member: 34882"]Some good advice given, as mentioned the Redbook is essentially useless for pricing or value information. It will let you now what coins should be further researched though if they show a high estimate of value. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I think people end up feeling that dealers are trying to rip them off when selling because they'll do as you have and then be given unrealistically high estimates on what their coins are worth. For instance the 2016 PR70DCAM Buffalo above where someone valued it as over $2000. That is way too high a valuation imo as most dealers aren't going to care about the first strike, 1st day of issue label and would realistically probably offer you $1500-1600 if your lucky when selling. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If the collection is extensive with many high value coins it would probably be in your best interest to get a copy of the greysheet which many dealers use in determining valuation or estimation of what they'd pay for a coin. Its not free but it could be extremely helpful in getting an idea of potential real world values that one could realistically expect. Of course even the greysheet is just a guide and not set in stone so depending on the actual coins themselves even those estimates could be off but it's much more real world valuable for pricing than the Redbook is</p><p><br /></p><p>You can find the greysheet here if interested <a href="https://www.greysheet.com/Publications/GreysheetDetail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greysheet.com/Publications/GreysheetDetail" rel="nofollow">https://www.greysheet.com/Publications/GreysheetDetail</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2708409, member: 34882"]Some good advice given, as mentioned the Redbook is essentially useless for pricing or value information. It will let you now what coins should be further researched though if they show a high estimate of value. Sometimes I think people end up feeling that dealers are trying to rip them off when selling because they'll do as you have and then be given unrealistically high estimates on what their coins are worth. For instance the 2016 PR70DCAM Buffalo above where someone valued it as over $2000. That is way too high a valuation imo as most dealers aren't going to care about the first strike, 1st day of issue label and would realistically probably offer you $1500-1600 if your lucky when selling. If the collection is extensive with many high value coins it would probably be in your best interest to get a copy of the greysheet which many dealers use in determining valuation or estimation of what they'd pay for a coin. Its not free but it could be extremely helpful in getting an idea of potential real world values that one could realistically expect. Of course even the greysheet is just a guide and not set in stone so depending on the actual coins themselves even those estimates could be off but it's much more real world valuable for pricing than the Redbook is You can find the greysheet here if interested [url]https://www.greysheet.com/Publications/GreysheetDetail[/url][/QUOTE]
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