Is Coin World falling off the radar screen?
291fifth
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With its recent, and I think, ill-advised, format change, I wonder if Coin World is going to slowly fade into oblivion.
What are your feelings about the new format?
What are your feelings about the new format?
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jim
It is just a matter of getting used to the new format.
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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If you're looking for prices, the PCGS Rare Coin Market report is free to all Collectors Club members.
If you're not a member of the PCGS Collectors Club, just email PCGS customer service a copy of this post and ask for a free copy.
I heard tell that the guy who does the prices for the PCGS RCMR has a little more market experience than the pricing guys in the other publications.
hrh
<< <i>If you're looking for prices, the PCGS Rare Coin Market report is free to all Collectors Club members. >>
The articles in this publication by John Dannreuther and Mike Sargent are outstanding and worth keeping for reference.
<< <i>With its recent, and I think, ill-advised, format change, I wonder if Coin World is going to slowly fade into oblivion.
What are your feelings about the new format? >>
I like it, and can't imagine that this will cause them to "fall off the radar screen".
In the areas I follow, the PCGS price guide is increasingly the most accurate, at least as a reflection of recent auction and private transaction history. There are innumerable coins that have increased in real price by 100% or more that have not been picked up by Coin Values, even months after the transactions. My only criticism of the PCGS price guide is the limited information in circulated grades. The emphasis on the MS grades works great for 20th century material, Morgans, Barbers, and generic seated material, but it is not as useful for rare date earlier coins that trade primarily in the circulated grades (an 1854-D $3 would be a perfect example).
<< <i>If you're looking for prices, the PCGS Rare Coin Market report is free to all Collectors Club members.
If you're not a member of the PCGS Collectors Club, just email PCGS customer service a copy of this post and ask for a free copy.
I heard tell that the guy who does the prices for the PCGS RCMR has a little more market experience than the pricing guys in the other publications.
hrh >>
Shouldn't this be in the BST Forum?
change for the sake of change may noit be a good thing, but that just isn't the case here.
I think both are worthwhile. Coin World generally has more content than NN.
<< <i>I heard tell that the guy who does the prices for the PCGS RCMR has a little more market experience than the pricing guys in the other publications.
In the areas I follow, the PCGS price guide is increasingly the most accurate, at least as a reflection of recent auction and private transaction history. There are innumerable coins that have increased in real price by 100% or more that have not been picked up by Coin Values, even months after the transactions. My only criticism of the PCGS price guide is the limited information in circulated grades. The emphasis on the MS grades works great for 20th century material, Morgans, Barbers, and generic seated material, but it is not as useful for rare date earlier coins that trade primarily in the circulated grades (an 1854-D $3 would be a perfect example). >>
...I prefer the more accurate-to-the-market pricing in the PCGS/CU price guide... but due to the lack of more breakdown of the circulated grades, I find I need to refer to other guides for info on the "between the grade" spreads...
...as we know... the spreads are not always equal increments...
It would be very helpful if PCGS/CU could add the grades of VG8,VF20, AU50 and AU58 (as CW/CV has been doing)... heck, with some coins, even AG3 can be useful...
As to the actual question of this thread, I like the new format. Easier to store after going through them. Content wise, I do not see any difference.
The Numismatist also changed formats. The new one is easier to read, although I liked the uniqueness of the older small format.
There could be a publication that blows CW out of the water if anyone gave it the same kind of effort than many people here do on this forum.
<< <i>If you're looking for prices, the PCGS Rare Coin Market report is free to all Collectors Club members. >>
If and when you get them. I have received three so far, the one with the membership packet and two others, and I have only been a member since July. Even CW has a better delivery record (and that's not a compliment to CW)
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new format works for me