How do you figure what to pay for those in between grades?

pullthischange

By in between grades I mean for instance

1918/7-D buffalo nickel VF-35

1919-S buffalo nickel XF-45

I have the 2003 blue book and have looked around for prices
but I only see VF-20 sometimes VF-30, XF-40, AU-50. I have
even looked at different dealers websites to see what they are
selling the coins for. Its just that the price jumps for some of these grades is
substantial.

What to do?
For the 1919-S should I take the price of XF-40 and AU-50 and average
to get a ball park price?

Thanks for any advice

paigowjohnny

<< <i>For the 1919-S should I take the price of XF-40 and AU-50 and average >>



That's what I do...not completely accurate, but at least a ball park idea....

redhott

The way I do it is guess whether or not I'm going to get a premium when I go to sell it. If I'm not sure I'll get a premium, why pay a premium? Comes down to rarity, and also the accuracy and quality of the assigned grade. A solidly above average strike on a better rarity coin will almost always deserve the premium. Counting what seems like fewer marks is almost never worth a premium.

DaveG

Coin World's Trends prices a lot of "mid-grades", depending on the coin series.