| One of the most important pieces of | | | | contains a bit more background information in |
| information that a coin collector will want | | | | relation to coins in general. |
| to know is how much a coin is worth. By | | | | |
| knowing what a coin is worth will affect what | | | | 2. Greysheet |
| they are willing to pay or sell it for. Plus | | | | |
| it will help you to look and appreciate your | | | | This is officially called the Coin Dealer |
| coins much more. There are plenty of US coin | | | | Newsletter and is an expensive subscription |
| value guides available both off and online. | | | | periodical ($98 per year). It is most |
| But some are certainly more accurate than | | | | commonly used price guide to be used by |
| others. However, what should be remembered | | | | dealers when setting their own prices. |
| is no one guide is foolproof. All the guides | | | | However, it does contain wholesale prices |
| available will only provide you with an | | | | also (so it is a wise choice for the more |
| approximation of the market value and actual | | | | savvy collectors out there). The prices in |
| coin prices. So if you really want to know | | | | this are based on coins graded according to |
| the market you should also see what coins are | | | | industry standards. But they also include |
| actually selling for. | | | | pricing for properly graded raw coins when |
| | | | compiling their figures. However, the |
| A great place to look for such information is | | | | biggest weakness of this publication is that |
| on auction sites such as eBay as well as | | | | it ignores the current state of grading |
| various auction houses such as Heritage, | | | | services. |
| Teletrade, Bowers and Merena and Stacks to | | | | |
| name a few. Also you could take a look in | | | | 3. Numismedia Price Guide |
| your local and national coin shows as well as | | | | |
| local coin shops to see what prices they | | | | This is an online service and is similar to |
| have. But below are details of some of the | | | | the PCGS Price Guide. But the prices on this |
| more common US coin value guides that are in | | | | site can be somewhat higher than those that |
| use today. | | | | appear in printed guides. However, this site |
| | | | has been a subscription service since 2003 |
| 1. US Coin Digest | | | | and costs $96 per year for you to be able to |
| | | | see the pricing of grades above MS-60. |
| This is much like the Red Book but it | | | | |
| includes coin pricing for more grades. Where | | | | So as you can see from above there are plenty |
| in the Red Book has only pricing for six | | | | of different US coin value guides available |
| grades of the Morgan Dollars in the US Coin | | | | not just in book format but also online also. |
| Digest it has pricing for 11 grades. It also | | | | |