Canadian cent pricing help

jfoot13

I imaged this with a dynolite and they do not capture color well so as you so often hear the coin looks better in hand
I'm trying to get a fair market value for this ( real market ) so I can trade it for some other coins..
Can I get some input from you guys that are closer to the market than I am..
Thanks
Ken

tacynnep

http://coinsandcanada.com/coins-ebay-prices.php?denomination=1&date=1917&Envoyer=Rechercher

This may help?

docday2003

it's really hard to grade from that photo. Having said that, there is a big dropoff in price from RD to RB. As well, ICG is toxic to most Canadian collectors. This is based in part on one well publicized situation where a coin which was graded AU58 by ICCS, then upgraded to MS67 in ICG (if my memory serves me correctly...details are from a few years ago, and are searchable at CCRS). This resulted in another collector buying what he thought was a premium top graded coin, only to find out much later that it was actually AU58. Anyhow, since then, ICG coins are viewed with great suspicion. If you want true value, you need to get the coin into a PCGS holder. PCGS is preferred by most top copper collectors because of their strict definition of RD. ICCS is way too lax in it's definition of RD.

jfoot13

well I guess it's off to PCGS next month..

thanks for the input
Ken