What is your best resource for coin pricing?
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I realize we all use a combination, but which one is your go to source? If you were stranded at a coin show for a day, which one would you want if you could only use one? This poll is anonymous and applies to collectors, investors, and dealers. I will leave out disinterested spouses and significant others since they just want to go home most of the time anyways 
What is your best resource for coin pricing?
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I could only pick one, but my three are:
Gut / walking the floor
Coin prices
eBay sold
I primarily use auction prices realized through CoinFacts since it aggregates multiple sources. I also use the mobile CoinFacts platform (m.pcgscoinfacts.com) even on my laptop because I think the UI is better.
My two main resources are ebay sold listings, and Great Collections/Heritage.
Two main are coinfacts and eBay prices realized when I'm at shows
My Ebay Store
Heritage auction results are great if you take in consideration the date it sold, CAC or not, market strength and so on.
In the end if I am in doubt I ask a trusted dealer...aka Legend
My Type Set & My Complete Proof Nickel Set!
Auctions, Collectors Corner, PCGS/Coin Facts, Grey Sheet and eBay for items that I am only going to list on eBay.
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other:
experience. it encompasses all the above and more. how, when, strategy, timing, politics, need, reputation, etc all affect the bottom line. buying and selling.
apr is a good source for trends which i use often, more for buying, but the ability to hold and sell/buy, based on strategy/timing, is ultimately the way to go. separating buying/selling when we should vs when we want/need is the experience i speak of and taps one's ability to do it right in order to maximize low cost vs high sell.
there are still more factors and the pricing affects the guides and the guides affect the pricing. nice lil circle.
that's my take take anyway.
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Since I use ebay to sell any of my coins that I have for sale, and not a big in person auction, I use ebay sales as a price guide.
I use CDN as a price guide.
I use several sources when not at a coin show. But since your question specifically ask about what we use at a show, that's what I'll answer. I generally know what I'll pay for items I'm specifically looking. But if I come across something that I have no idea of value, I use the Red Book for a quick ballpark price. BTW, I leave the Red Book in the car and walk out there to use it.
I voted for other, I also use FMV and here's the link .
http://www.coinprices.org/
ty for reminding me.
i've used numismedia quite a bit over the years and every now and then i'll drop by numista that someone turned me onto in the past year or so.
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I utilize auction house prices for larger coins. I find that this works well for finding comparables on better coins that dont trade as frequently. CDN for it's ease and convenience is my go to for standard heavily traded material (ie. morgans in 63-66).
For pure convenience, it's hard to beat the PCGS price guide on your smart phone. You just have to keep in mind that for common coins, (in general....exceptions exist!), the prices are at the high end of what you should consider paying.
And as someone pointed out, (and I didn't actually realize until I checked it out), the Coin Facts app has the recent auction results!!
Together, they make a pretty good combination when you are out-and-about, and a completely unknown price question jumps into your path.
Many places but most of the time auctions houses, then you need to think of who you are selling it to we all need to make a profit on it and if it is a collector he or she need a good deal as well.
Hoard the keys.
ebay completed sales from my desktop. Tells me what many buyers are actually paying.
Repetition of ignorance is ignorance raised to the power two.
Auction results are the best way to get a handle.
Auction results + CDN + PCGS price guide used together.
Note, I use 60-70% of PCGS price guide to get a reasonable value of what to pay for 80% of the coins on the US market. For scarce issues you have to go higher. For high pop/high grade moderns you probably have to go lower.
numismedia or fmv, the red book when i can or heritage
Other ... I use the price list in my head.