Can anyone speculate or tell me why this coin hammered for much over the PCGS price guide? Just curious to know if there's something there I'm not seeing.
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Seeing how an NGC example sold for $747.50 in the same auction and how another NGC 58 sold for just a bit less three years prior to your linked coin selling, I think the issue is more PCGS's price guide being a bit too low. Or perhaps the published value was higher in 2008.
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This is exactly the kind of coin that the price guides -- all of them -- miss the boat on.
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Agreed.