What kind of premium can I expect?

I got this for $2 under greysheet today. Any ideas in how much the rainbow-esq toning would add to the value? It's actually better in-hand. Thanks!

 

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Pretty coin. I would be interested too I guess since I also have coins just like that. Maybe it was so many were saved in manila envelopes at the time, but the 1913 and 1938 issues seems to be the most common buffalos of all when it comes to rainbow toning.

 

Its almost impossible to determine color premiums in my opinion....

 

Attractive toning, may do hundreds of dollars of a premium.

 

I'm the type who would buy it based on it's grade, not the tone. I buy and collect coins, not rainbows or slabs.

 

Really? Hundreds of dollars premium. Really?

 

Then don't comment. The OP's question didn't ask what type of collector you are. Putting the OP down because he likes the toning by telling what you do or don't collect is of no help here.

 

It's a nice coin, but I would have to disagree with the idea that it might do hundreds of dollars in premium because of the color. I realize the OP did not suggest that much, but another member did. It's a common date in a common grade, which serves to lower the price a little bit just as the holder choice (sorry). It's also an issue that is known with coins that have good color. However, it has great eye appeal and looks quite solid for the assigned grade. Greysheet has to be less than $150 on these (I don't have one on me at the moment) and I think you will definitely make good money upon resale.

 

The 13 is common with*color, Albeit it has nice appeal the color is not WOW color. That said maybe a $25 boost $50 max IMO

 

Nice looking buff. I personally would pay no more than $40 premium on the color.

 

I didnt know its value, I was assuming if it was 1,000 + it would bring hundreds of dollars premium, sorry for my mistake.

 

Im just playin with you.

 

I think you can definitely expect a premium for the toning - it is a lovely coin - but my experience is the market for toned coins is highly unpredictable. I've seen huge premiums realized on some coins, while others sit on the shelf for months. I'm guilty myself of paying large premiums for pieces I absolutely had to have, and ignoring others that might have been equally meritorious to someone else.

 

Quite nice but not exceptional. I assume you are offering on ebay, so push the fact that its a single-year issue and use quality but true-to-life photos and you might get lucky with a type collector not picky about the plastic. Ask fairly strong money, but be reasonable with any serious buyers. Basically, its not a home run so don't try to make it one and I believe you will do well. Nice pick up.

Your enthusiasm is admirable, but you know what they say about making assumptions.....

 

It's a nice Buffalo, BUT! I don't see anything extraordinary about the toning that would want me to pay more for it.

 

Actually it does and here's why, if he's out selling this coin, he's going to run into people like me who are going to tell him that the toning adds zero value to the coin. You can't grade toning, you can't even really classify toning except saying what colors appear. So with that in mind, there are plenty of us that are not willing to spend any more money because people throw in a false sense of security value on top of a coin just because it has a rainbow tone on it.

The only true way to see how much a coin goes for if it's toned is to just sell it and see how high the winning bid is. The price of the coin is based on it's grade, anything you add to the price by speculating how nice the toning is nothing but opinion based. You can say it's worth hundreds more or you can say it's worth the value of an MS65 1913 Type I Buffalo nickel is worth.

PS. Buy no means I was putting the OP down, I gave him my value by saying it adds no value to the coin. Please don't police people in what type of answers they provide, this is a public and open forum, if you don't like my reply, just skip to the next. :thumb:

 

Based on what?

 

Since the OP posted a photo of the coin in the NGC slab, with the cert. # visible, you can search NGCs website for the cert. # and see what their price guide lists the value at.

Here's the link to do just that: http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx

This is the link to do the same for PCGS: http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/19128604/

 

$156.25 it is then..

 

I'm surprised no one even mentioned the rotated die.