Is 55 the new 58?

flaminio

Used to be, an AU58 was a lot of coin for the money. You'd get just about all of the eye appeal of a nice 62-63 for a lot less money.

That secret is long out of the bag, and now AU58 graded coins are commanding serious money.

So what about AU55? Are these the new "lot of coin for the money" grades?

Cladiator

ssshhhhh

Wolf359

In some vams, yes absolutely. BU coins don't exist so, mid-high AU get snapped up. Example 1888-O VAm-4 Hot Lips goes for 1K+ in AU53, 3K in AU55, 12K in AU58.

ziggy29

I'm increasingly attracted to XF-45.

I'm thinking I ought to sell my 58s while the iron is hot. But it's hard to say goodbye to old friends...

[Edit to add: 55 is also the new 58 because most of the coins graded 58 today were yesteryear's 55s.]