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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2651421, member: 36230&quot;]First, a CDN sampler wouldn&#039;t cost hundreds; even if they no longer offer the sampler, buying a weekly, monthly, and the quarterlies still wouldn&#039;t be anywhere near close to it. That said though, the CDN had in many ways become basically a retail guide prior to changing hands, and if this has changed I cannot say for certain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, why are you so interested in &quot;wholesale&quot; prices or what the &quot;average dealer&quot; may pay? Are you looking to sell coins or to buy them? If the latter, I&#039;ll tell you right now there is no guide that will allow you to do so successfully. The fact is there&#039;s a lot more to honestly buying and selling coins than ANY guide can teach you, so if buying for resale is your goal, I strongly suggest you invest your time and efforts into learning first. When it comes to pricing/values, knowing YOUR market is key, and the reality is not all venues are equal. Selling on eBay (as an example) is not necessarily the same as selling locally in-person. As other have said, auction results can give a fair estimate of &quot;value&quot;, but it&#039;s not absolute as coins can be just like people in that every one is different, and is why knowing what you&#039;re doing is so very important.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re not looking to buy for resale, and are simply trying to get the almighty &quot;deal&quot;, the same goes in that you need to learn first. Unfortunately, many newer to this hobby think there are easy ways around paying retail, and more often than not they fail miserably in their quest. High quality often sells itself whereas dreck often ends up in the hands of so-called &quot;deal seekers&quot; who don&#039;t know any better and end up actually paying more for dogs because of it. There&#039;s an old saying that goes &quot;there&#039;s no free ride in numismatics&quot; and I&#039;ll never understand why some assume the hobby to be populated entirely of idiots to the point a new guy can come in, do the obvious, and reap massive rewards at the experienced collector&#039;s expense, but there are plenty out there who think just that. I&#039;m not saying this is the case with you, but it happens and happens regrettably often. Take your time, learn as much as you can, and everything else will start falling into place. Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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