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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2878460, member: 86795&quot;]Price guides are just that, guides. The best way of determining coin values are to see what people have paid for them lately. Believe it or not, eBay is a great information source for this. Their advanced inquiry feature allows you to search for a coin and see what recent auctions and buy it now sales have occurred. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is excellent information for both RAW and Slabbed coins. The NGC and PCGS sites also have links to auction house sales history results so you can see final sale prices for coins, but bear in mind this is for coins graded by their service. Just my opinion, but I would avoid Amazon and Bonanza for direction in this area, their prices seem a bit lofty. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another good indicator is how many bids were made against a given coin in an auction, also how many bidders there were making those bids. High counts on each can indicate that the coin in question has awareness in the collecting community. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mintage numbers are a help in determining the rarity or scarceness of a coin, but sometimes, especially in the case of Morgan Silver Dollars, many have been melted and the original mintage figures are on occasion not very meaningful. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing is the popularity of the coin type itself. As an example, a Barber Dime with a mintage of 75,000 is likely worth a whole lot more than a Commemorative Clad Half Dollar with a 50,000 mintage. If nobody collects them, 50,000 isn&#039;t very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion, the best online retail value suggestions you&#039;ll find are on USACOINBOOK.com. The more popular the series, the more accurate they are, or so it seems to me. I don&#039;t know where they get their data, but I wouldn&#039;t be surprised it it isn&#039;t calculated from actual sales, probably on eBay, maybe other sources.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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