The price of Pedigree.

keets

It's been bandied about here before, how much is a Pedigree'd coin worth?? Should a premium be paid and if so how much??

Here's a coin that I was tracking and I have sufficient sales records going back more than two years to have a reasonable expectation of what level the date should sell at. An average price is $63 which means that at least to this buyer the Pedigree was worth the same as the coin!!!

I know from tracking auctions that someone must have just unloaded many Benson Jefferson Nickels. Strange that the venue the seller chose was eBay, then of course it may be multiple sellers and just a coincidence that they all ended up on eBay in the same short time frame.

Al H.

paigowjohnny

Tough question, and I don't think there's a cut and dried answer....
I guess it depends how much a particular collector wants a particular pedigree.
I've paid what many would consider "stupid" money for common date dollars, just because they are in a Redfield pedigreed Paramount holder...
I'd pay a pretty good premium for an Eliasberg coin, just to say I have that little piece of history...

Numismanic

I guess it would depend on the buyer and the pedigree. The Benson coins are pretty common, I own three which I paid no premium for.
I have a NGC 65 1935s nickel from the Eliasberg collection which I paid 50% over the average price, needless to say I feel a great pride
in owning a coin from this great collection. Had an opportunity to buy a 1928 Oregon Trail pedigreed to the Garrett collection a while back
from a dealer, but by the time a called it was gone. There was no premium on it, but I would have paid more for that one.

Don

Robgetty

I think that it definately depends on what the pedigree is.
I would pay more for something out of a "great" collection,
such as Eliasberg; I wouldn't pay a cent more for something
from a collection that I didn't recognize. (and actually might
lower my price by the cost to reslab and get rid of it)

Blade

I would like to add an Eliasberg piece to my collection some day but want one that was featured & pictured in the catalogs. There were rolls sold and coin groups, but I have limited interest in those.

Generally, I have seen the premiums for Eliasberg coins up to 100% for low value coins (<$300). For example, an MS65 1883 Liberty No Cent 5c worth $200 hammered on eBay at over $400. For high value coins (>$2,000), the premium is about 20%. I tried to buy an MS65 1907 Indian in MS65 from Eliasberg that was advertised with a 15% premium, but it had already been sold.

relayer

I've paid about a $200 premium for an Eliasberg 1883 No Cents 5c PCGS MS64, because it comes with two stories.

Other than that one, I wouldn't pay very much

ConstellatioCollector

I found that I paid a small premium for a PCGS MS64 Constellatio (Garrett) pedigreed coin.

Conder101

<< <i>I found that I paid a small premium for a PCGS MS64 Constellatio (Garrett) pedigreed coin. >>


How do you know? How many MS-64 Constellatios of that variety are there out there to make comparisons against?

tradedollarnut

On coins such as this Constellatio, you don't pay for the pedigree. The pedigree merely breaks down your resistance to paying the full price for the quality of the coin....

jbsteven

I like the history that comes with a pedigree and will pay extra for it. I have one of the coins listed above in this thread from Eliasberg and consider it one of the few coins in my personal collection that is not for sale.

I am presently reading the Wayne Miller Morgan book and the Eliasberg book so I am sure my interest will increase soon for some of these coins. To me a pedigree gives the coin something special that I can relate to. anyone got any Eliasberg coins they are tired of owning?

zenny

i thought the seller would be pleased with this premium


is Binion even a pedigree?