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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 2958133, member: 92083&quot;]In Buffalo and Western Pennsylvania, most dealers use the Grey Sheet, as well as the shows they have here in Buffalo...and that&#039;s what they sell them to me at. I also ask for Grey Sheet prices when I message sellers on eBay or Collectors Corner even if they list them higher, and they very often agree to it or come within 10-15%. I would ask your local coin shop for old copies. That&#039;s what I do from my dealer friends or I take a photo of the current Grey Sheet prices of what I like to collect. Now I buy a lot from them, so they don&#039;t mind. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers get annoyed when you are knowledgeable about Grey Sheet or try to haggle for their listed prices because it keeps their prices in check and they can&#039;t manipulate new or inexperienced collectors. Very few dealers will tell you to use Grey Sheet because it&#039;s actually what most of them use, and thus now they can&#039;t ask as much because anything drastically over that price will leave the impression with a buyer that they are &quot;price gougers, dishonest, and sneaky&quot; dealers, even if they aren&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only problem with Grey Sheet is that it doesn&#039;t always list off-grades, and many highly collectible coins are not listed. For example, I love full step, high-grade war nickels...but they&#039;re not listed in the paper copy. So, then I go to auction prices listed at PCGS or Heritage Auctions, and even they don&#039;t list everything. If those all fail, sometimes I go to a dealer and ask to look at Coin World magazine prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Though Grey Sheet is going to be your best resource, buying your own subscription is incredibly expensive. They have an online version (coinprices.com) , but the prices listed there are higher than the printed copy because unless you have a subscription, the free online one only lists <i>retail</i> prices (Grey Sheet is actually whole sale price publication, again, which is why dealers hate buyers who use that as their guide).</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helps, my friend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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