Value for money?

JBGood · Mar 17, 2015

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Rarity for a given coin may be stated in a reference book, but the designation only takes into account the collections and databases reviewed by the author and it may have no bearing on the number of coins available for purchase by collectors. Age of the book is also a factor since new coins and hoards are found often.

A more practical approach is to look as many sales databases as possible to get a feel for the number of examples which have come to market and the price they brought.

ACsearch
CNG's archives (which are not included in ACsearch)
CoinArchives

If you have old auction catalogs (pre-internet) and their 'prices realized' sheets, that can also be helpful but there are tons of such catalogs.

Once you've researched prior sales, look for currently available fixed price examples to see the asking price and number currently available. Vcoins and ma-shops are good resources (many dealers are on both). Not all dealers participate with Vcoins or MA shops so you might want to start amassing bookmarks for those dealers as you find them.

Also run it through Numisbids and Sixbid to see if any are coming up for auction. Depending on the coin, you might also check eBay.
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