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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 1054785, member: 21705&quot;]You already have some good answers, but here is my perspective. Any coin has several attributes which go into the price one can expect to receive for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Wear - Has the coin been worn down and thus lost detail?</p><p>2. Condition - Has the coin been injured by contact marks, digs, mutilations, bending, edge nicks or corrosion? The answer is usually yes when dealing with early copper making those not so damaged especially valuable.</p><p>3. Toning - did the coin tone evenly or with particularly pleasing coloring?</p><p>4. Eye Appeal - While this can be related to the above, it also has a separate effect in total. It is like a summary of the above effects.</p><p>5. Rarity - This may be due to the type, date, mint, die state or variety.</p><p>6. Demand - Is this a popular item which is collected by the masses or a particularly dedicated group of people?</p><p>7. Time - How important is it to turn the coin in a short amount of time? Generally, those who must turn over the inventory will offer less than those who are willing to wait a while when you&#039;re selling, but oddly enough, those without a need to turn over the coins are usually willing to pay more (ie the collector).</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the above can influence the price one is willing to pay for a coin. Which items appeal to any particular person will affect that person&#039;s bid or offer. The best answer is that those who wish to turn over the coins are not going to pay much of a premium for the coins with better eye appeal than their wear and basic condition would suggest. But those with a particular interest like toning or choice condition collecting would probably be willing to boost their offers more substantially.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I like this one. Not really a lot of eye appeal though.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/179828DDreoiented.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ps I suppose you can tell I&#039;m partial to number 5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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