Pricing
How we price
Every price we quote can be explained. Here's what goes into it.
What sets a certified coin's price
- Metal value. The gold, silver or platinum content at today's spot price. For modern bullion-type coins, this is most of the price.
- Grade. A coin graded MS70 or PF70 by PCGS or NGC can sell for many times the price of the same coin in a lower grade. The grading service decides the grade, not us.
- Scarcity. How many exist in that grade (the population reports) and how often one comes up for sale.
- Label and pedigree. First-day-of-issue, signed labels and named collections add a premium some collectors want and others don't.
- Recent sales. What the same coin in the same grade has actually sold for at auction and between dealers.
What you can expect from us
- We'll explain any price: how much of it is metal value, and how much is grade and scarcity.
- Every certified coin has a cert number you can check yourself on the PCGS or NGC website.
- The price agreed on the phone is your price. It doesn't change if the market moves before your coins ship.
- Our terms are written down: returns, shipping and buyback.
Coin prices go down as well as up. We sell coins to collectors; we don't give investment advice or predict prices. See our Terms of Sale.