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$CASH For TOP POP MS Lincoln Memorial$: PLEASE Let Me Know Which Prices Are Too Low(Or Too High). An

Pops & Buy Prices Updated As Of 9/24. Some Newer eBay Auction Links Added 10/02. image

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PLEASE tell me which prices seem too low & why & what you think they should be & why (auction records, mintage, pops, difficulty for the grade, etc.).

This is an attempt to increase liquidity, decrease uncertainty and create a more transparent market in TOP POP MS PCGS GRADED Lincoln Memorials (proofs next). It IS NOT an attempt to corner the market as I welcome any & all competing bids by collectors, dealers, or other interested parties. I'll be happy to post your competing bids whether higher than or lower than mine.

I welcome any & all criticism as to the idea itself about it's merit or lack thereof. I would like any criticism of the prices I'm willing to pay however to be accompanied by a higher competing offer. I'm putting my money where my mouth is and if you choose to express your opinion that the prices I'm offering seem too low, it seems that without a higher competing offer your assessment may not appear to have proper standing and will seem to be without substance. Anyone can say I'm not paying enough but if they're not going to pay more there is no real proof of that assertion.

Since I AM NOT a dealer and currently have no inventory with which to make this a true 2-way market (yet) I can only currently offer buy prices. As soon as I start to actually buy some of these I'll begin to offer them at approx. 20% over the buy price ($5 minimum) AND include free shipping/insurance AND a 14-Day NQA return policy INCLUDING the cost of return postage (first class w/deliv conf.) to me if you don't like the coin(s).

I envision that as time goes by I'll have to adjust the prices as the market dictates to begin to find an equillibrium level for each coin that will enable me - or any other party willing to participate - to basically sell all I/we can get & get all I/we can sell - i.e. find the prices where supply=demand AND someone can make a fair profit brokering them. I know the chance of this actually working in the long run may not be great but it is an attempt that I am willing to try - with my REAL money.

The format of the way the prices & competing offers/bids will be presented will necessarily have to evolve over time as needs dictate. All prices are for RED unless noted. I reserve the right to return any problem pieces. Payment within 3 days of receipt.

*********************** This is a work in progress & prices will be added/tweaked gradually over the next week or so. **************************

-------------------------------IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER OFFER IN THE MEANTIME, LET ME KNOW - I MIGHT STILL BEAT IT.---------------------------

You can either sell at the listed buy prices OR negotiate a higher price from me OR list what you want to sell with me by telling me what you have & how much you want for it (if I find a buyer willing to pay your price I'll contact you) OR let us sell it for you on eBay for %5 plus fees - and YOU can set the terms of the sale.

Explanation Of Data In Table:

e.g.
1960-D S/L 66 $750 (5) [2x0] FROM TABLE BELOW

a) 1960-D S/L b) 66 c) $750 d) (5) e) [2x0]

a) DATE e.g. 1960-D S/L
b) Current TOP POP Grade e.g.
66
c) Buying Prices For AT LEAST 1 Sight-Unseen Problem Free Coin e.g.
$750
d) Recent POP in TOP POP that the price is contingent upon is in parenthesis e.g.
(5) - listed for those coins that are pop dependent for the specific current buy price.
e) Bid/Ask Size - i.e. [3x2 20%] means I'll buy up to 3 at price listed & sell up to 2 at price listed plus 20%.

For items with a small lower case underlined blue/purple lettereither right after the (pop#) or right after the [bid/ask size]:
"e" is a link to a recent eBay auction for that particular date, "t" for Teletrade (up to 1000 days ago but with the most recent/representative possible, "h" for Heritage, "b" for B&M. NO "h" means can't find one in top pop grade EVER sold by Heritage, no "t" means same for Teletrade, no "b" etc.

At the end of each line: "p"$ stands for the PCGS Price Guide Price (Yes I know it is NOT the current market price) & "w"$ is for Coin World Trends (Same comment). I included them both just for info sake.

Notes:
1). ALL prices have built into them my assessment of the probability that the pops WILL go up and to what extent.
2). If most up to date pop is higher at the time of transaction BEFORE I have a chance to update this table, an adjustment might be made - that you'll have a chance to agree to or not - BEFORE you send the coin(s). I'll respond to any coin offered with a FIRM price. If no pop change price in table is a MINIMUM.
3). When looking at the links I have provided to past auction prices realized keep in mind that in many cases the most recent sale was quite a while ago and may seem artificially high - due to the pop at the time of the sale being MUCH lower than it is today (I'll soon try to post the historical pops in existence at the time of the past sales). In some cases where the past sale price seems very low, it may be that that particular coin has been relatively pop stable and has simply increased substantially in value since then. For sales fairly recent with multiple occurences, I tried to include what I feel are the ones most representative of where the current masrket is at while not providing a link to each & every occurence.
4). As for the PCGS price guide & Trends prices, I think it's simple interesting to see how off they are - in both directions. I'll eventually do an analysis of what % they under state, overstate, & come within, say 10%. Again, just for curiosity sake.

If any way I can make this fairer or easier to understand please let me know.

For my part, I stand ready to buy at least 1 of each up to 10% of the total population.

Thanks,

Roger

1959 67 $1,250 (5) [1x0] p1,500, w175
1959-D 67 $205 (29) [2x0] b h t w150
1960 LD 67 $2,000 (1) [1x0] p750, w175
1960 SD 67 $1,250 (3) [1x0] p600, w200
1960-D LD 66 $10 (130) [12x0 $5] e e1 e2 h t p60
1960-D SD 67 $1500 (2) [1x0] t p750
1960-D S/L 66 $900 (5) [2x0] e (64 RD)
1961 67 $2,000 (1) [1x0] p1200
1961-D 66 $30 (64) [6x0] e e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 h t p95
1962 67 $850 (4) [1x0] p850
1962-D 66 $75 (46) [4x0] e e1 h t p100
1963 67 $2,000 (1) [1x0] t
1963-D 66 $230 (18) [1x0] e h p175
1964 67 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1964-SMS RB 65 $1,250 (1) [1x0] 64 $750 (3) [1x0] h
1964-SMS RD 68 (2) t Until PCGS puts in registry set no interest - Also unlikely to hit market. b (64RD)
1964-D 67 $850 (4) [1x0] p3,500
1965 67 $450 (8) t [1x0]
1965-SMS RD 68 $1,000 (2) [1x0] p350, 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1965-SMS CA 66 $1,500 (2) [1x0]
1965-SMS DC 65 $4,000 (2) [1x0]
1966 67 $1,100 (3) [1x0]
1966-SMS RD 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0] h
1966-SMS CA 67 $1,750 (5) t [1x0] p1,850
1966-SMS DC 65 $5,000 (1) [1x0]
1967 67 $800 (5) [1x0] p1,500
1967-SMS RD 68 $100 (40) [3x0] e e1 b h1 h2 h3 t1 t2 p175
1967-SMS CA 67 $1,000 (8) [1x0] t1 t2 p4,000
1968 67 $380 (10) [1x0] e t p750
1968-D 67 $600 (8) [1x0] t p300
1968-S 67 $380 (20) [2x0] t1 t2 p750, 68 $2,500 (1) [1x0]
1969 67 $1,500 (2) [1x0] h p750
1969-D 67 $1,500 (2) [1x0] p750
1969-S 67 $600 (7) [1x0] p750
1969-S DDO BN: VG-VF (1) Call But $5,000 min, XF45 $7500 (1) h , AU50 $9,000 (2), AU55 $11,000 (5) b (raw) , AU 58 $14,000 (5) h , MS62 $17,000 (1)
1969-S DDO RB: 62 $20,000 h (1)
1969-S DDO RD 64 (1) 65 (1): Don't want to sell my house for these one plus unlikely to hit the market.
1970 67 $300 (13) [1x0] t p750
1970-D 67 $900 (4) [1x0] p750
1970-S LD 67 $350 (11) [1x0] t p750
1970-S SD 67 $850 (6) [1x0] p175
1970-S DDO BN: AU50 $3,000 (1), AU58 $4,000 (4), MS64 $4,500 (1)
1970-S DDO RB: 63 $5,000 (1), 64 ME $6,000(2) b b1 (NGC 65RB)
1970-S DDO RD: 66 $35,000 (2), 65 $23,000 (3), 64 (14) $7,500 (14) b b1 ($4,830 - Did Not Sell) b2 b3 b4 b5 (ouch!) b6 t
1971 67 $275 (18) p750
1971 DDO RB 63 $250, (2) [1x0] e (62RB)
1971 DDO RD 65 (2) [1x0] e (64RD) $1000 e (AU58)
1971-D 67 $240 (17) [1x0] h p750
1971-S 67 $900 (4) [1x0] e - pop quadrupled in last month or two & I know of at least 1 other dealer with some shot 67's at PCGS right now
1972 67 $250 (18) [1x0] p750
1972 DDO 67 $3,750 (13) [1x0] t p4250, 68 $7,500 (1) [1x0]
1972-D 67 $775 (6) [1x0] p1100
1972-S 67 $650 (6) [1x0] e
1973 67 $250 (18) [1x0] e e1 p750
1973-D 67 $2,000 (1) [1x0] p750, Currenly embedded in the Domino Collection
1973-S 66 $150 (29) [2x0] e e1 p300, 750 in 67???
1974 67 $60 (41) [3x0] e e1 h t1 t2 p750
1974-D 68 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1974-S 67 $300 (10) [1x0] p750
1975 67 $100 (33) [2x0] e e1 e2 h t p750
1975-D 67 $110 (25) [2x0] e e1 e2 h p750
1976 68 $1,350 (2) [1x0]
1976-D 67 $355 (10) [1x0] e t p750
1977 68 $1,350 (2) [1x0]
1977-D 67 $250 (14) [1x0] e e1 e2 t p750
1978 67 $327 (13) [1x0] e e1 t p750
1978-D 67 $150 (17) [1x0] e h t p750
1979 68 $1,151 (3) [1x0] e
1979-D 67 $450 (8) [1x0] e p750
1980 67 $100 (27) [2x0] e e1 e2 h t p750
1980-D 67 $350 (12) [1x0] h p750
1981 67 $400 (15) [1x0] h t p750, 68 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1981-D 67 $200 (18) [1x0] e e1 e2 t p750
1982 68 $400 (12) [1x0] p750 in 67, 600 in 68?
1982-D 68 $380 (14) [1x0] h t
1983 68 $250 (18) [1x0] e e1
1983 DDR 67 ME $900 (21) [2x0] h t p2000 (&1950 in 68???)
1983-D 68 $350 (13) [1x0] e h
1984 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1984 DDO 68 $2,000 (10) [1x0] h
1984-D 68 $450 (9) [1x0] t
1985 68 $400 (12) [1x0] t p650
1985-D 69 $1,250 (2) [1x0]
1986 68 $400 (10) [1x0]
1986-D 68 $125 (23) [1x0] h t p300
1987 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0] t
1987-D 68 $350 (15) [1x0] e h t p575
1988 68 $400 (10) [1x0] e t
1988-D 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1989 68 $1,000 (3) [1x0]
1989-D 68 $75 (33) [3x0] h t p250
1990 68 $260 (18) [1x0] h t
1990-D 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0] t
1991 68 $200 (16) [1x0] e e1 e2 t
1991-D 69 $1,000 (3) [1x0] t
1992 69 $1,000 (3) [1x0] e
1992-D 69 $1,000 (3) [1x0]
1993 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1993-D 69 $800 (5) [1x0] e
1994 68 $400 (8) [1x0] e t
1994-D 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1995 68 $80 (29) [1x0] t
1995 DDO 68 $80 [1x0] b e e1 h t p250
1995-D 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0]
1996 68 $150 (26) [1x0] h t
1996-D 69 $2,000 (1) [1x0] t
1997 68 $1,500 (2) [1x0]
1997-D 68 $300 (18) [1x0] h p300
1998 68 $350 (16) [1x0]
1998 Wide AM 67 $150 (5) [1x0]
1998-D 69 $1,500 (2) [1x0]
1999 68 $20 (142) [1x0] e e1 h t
1999 Wide AM 66 $125 (4) [1x0] 67 $250 (4) [1x0] (Just Lowered - The Pops Up 100% In A Couple Of Weeks)
1999-D 69 $95 (44) [4x0] e e1 h t, Typetone $100, fantasiize $100
2000 69 $600 (5) [1x0]
2000 Wide AM 67 $100 (24) [2x0], 68 (1) $250 [1x0] - Pop Up 133% in Less Than A Month
2000-D 69 $750 (4) [1x0] e h
2001 69 $160 (22) [2x0] e
2001-D 69 $180 (19) [1x0] e e1 h t
2002 69 $50 (82) [8x0] e t
2002-D 69 $60 (56) [5x0] e e1 e2 e3 e4 t
2003-P 69 $30 (156) [15x0 20%] e e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7 e8 e9 e10 e11 e12 e13 e14 e15 e16 e17 e18 e19 e20 e21 e22 e23 e24 e25 e26 e27 e28 e29
2003-D 69 $50 (48) [4x0 20%] e e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7

If no name on buy price, it's me. If someone else I'll note it. If not me, please PM other buyer & deal direct.
Inquire for prices on multiples


Last thoughts: I think most people interested in a particular coin have about 4 prices in their heads for it. I define those 4 as - "great deal", "fair deal" "slight stretch" & "way too much". e.g. given current selling prices on 2003P's in MS69RD, one might think a "great deal" is $60-75, a "fair deal" as $90-100, a "slight stretch" as perhaps $125, and "way too much" as perhaps $175-200. This is just a hypothetical example, but the point I'm making is that if people at least offered their "fair deal" buy price or even their "great deal" buy price IMHO the market would benefit tremendously.

Also, anyone other than me think that the rate that the value of many (most? all?) of these is decreasing due to the pop increases is EXCEEDING the rate that the value of many of these is increasing due to demand or other factors? i.e. are pop increases putting NET downside pressure on many or most (or all) of these? If not some of them, which of them do you think are "exempt" form this force or at least are least susceptible to this factor?

Other interesting sales: 1941DD-T1

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