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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 18922, member: 112"]Actually, ebay itself is about the best pricing guide there is. Just do a search of completed auctions for the coin you wish to know about. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know many folks recommend the Grey Sheet - but there is a small problem with this. The Grey Sheet only list wholesale prices - prices that one dealer is bidding or asking from another dealer. It does not list the prices that you as collector can buy the coins for - only dealers. But if you must or wish to use the Grey Sheet - then add 20% to the listed asking price and you'll be close to what you will have to pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would strongly suggest that EVERYONE subscribe to Coin World and Numismatic News. These two coin magazines both issue price guides once a month as part of your regular subscription. The guides are known as Coin Values & Coin Market respectively. The values listed in these guides are not cast in stone and they are not always accurate. But they do provide a general idea of retail values which is what a collector needs if considering a purchase instead of wholesale values. Because a collector can't buy at wholesale - only a dealer can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 18922, member: 112"]Actually, ebay itself is about the best pricing guide there is. Just do a search of completed auctions for the coin you wish to know about. I know many folks recommend the Grey Sheet - but there is a small problem with this. The Grey Sheet only list wholesale prices - prices that one dealer is bidding or asking from another dealer. It does not list the prices that you as collector can buy the coins for - only dealers. But if you must or wish to use the Grey Sheet - then add 20% to the listed asking price and you'll be close to what you will have to pay. I would strongly suggest that EVERYONE subscribe to Coin World and Numismatic News. These two coin magazines both issue price guides once a month as part of your regular subscription. The guides are known as Coin Values & Coin Market respectively. The values listed in these guides are not cast in stone and they are not always accurate. But they do provide a general idea of retail values which is what a collector needs if considering a purchase instead of wholesale values. Because a collector can't buy at wholesale - only a dealer can.[/QUOTE]
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