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Average value of PCGS graded coin ?

mcarney1173mcarney1173 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭
I received PCGS information that states "17 million coins certified, totaling 18 billion dollars". This averages about $1050 per coin. This seems a bit high to me.

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    STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    How long ago did you receive that information?
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    mcarney1173mcarney1173 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭
    it was secure plus info
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    STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    Well, PCGS was last at 17 million coins about 2 years ago!


    ...they're almost at 20 million now!

    You also have to think how much the $500,000+ coins skew the Average Value!
    Lots of $1 coins in the mix dragging the $$$ down, but relatively few comparitively
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,690 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How long ago did you receive that information? >>



    It is at the top of the home page and it is still around $1,000 per coin.
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    RedTigerRedTiger Posts: 5,608 ✭
    The second most popular classic series graded is $20 Saints (after Morgans). That skews the average higher as even the cheapest Saint is now worth well over $1000. As others have said, a small percentage of six and seven figure coins also skews the average higher. A single $100,000 coin makes up for 100 lower value coins. A million dollar coin carries the weight for 1000 coins.

    While the average may well be over $1000, the median might be under $100 because of all bulk submissions of lower value Morgans and ultra moderns.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The idea is to be among the average collectors and have a box of twenty worth $1050 each.
    The " Box of 20" concept, to me, was a smart idea when I first read about it here.
    It just made sense to try it.

    How many are in the average collector's box ?


    I ain't tellin'

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    And what of resubmissions skewing things to any appreciable degree?
    I wonder what this all breaks down to re average submission fee. Just asking...

    Eric
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    COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
    what is the MEDIUM AND STANDARD D price?
    Often, it only takes a few high values to skew the AVERAGE value to the highside.
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    leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The statistics only show the number of coins that have crossed their grading tables and the total value of all those submissions since day one. It does not say that they have that many coins out there residing in their slabs and the grand total thereof.
    In your sense of those statistics? With many coins receiving multiple grades and selling many times over, does anyone believe there's a computer program running totals on all the daily additions and subtractions of the values on every coin that changes hands?
    $1000 is unrealistic, it's more like $15!image That is, if every $10,000 to 1 million dollar coin passed only once.
    They have enough (math) to do with maintaining the price guide.


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    RedHerringRedHerring Posts: 2,077 ✭


    << <i>The idea is to be among the average collectors and have a box of twenty worth $1050 each. >>



    I have one box of 20 in my SDB worth $30,000 easy. (Helping out the average with that one!)

    I have a second box of 20 (also in SDB) worth about $3,000. image
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,524 ✭✭✭✭
    There are plenty of "multi-Million" dollar coins in PCGS Plastic to really skew the averages. There are also plenty of 6 and 5 figure coins to really skew the averages as well.

    If 1,000 coins are graded and 999 of them are 100 dollar coins with the last coin being a $600,000 coin, it reasies the average to $1,599 per coin.
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    droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    It would be useful to know the median value as well as the mean.
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    pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    They must be using their price guide valuesimage.
    Paul
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,817 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They must be using their price guide valuesimage. >>



    They are probably using the submitters declared value rather than their real value and we know how many collectors value their gem raw coins.

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