Comments on: Value Compression: A New Trend in the Dated Gold Market http://www.raregoldcoins.com/market-blog/value-compression-a-new-trend-in-the-dated-gold-market Douglas Winter Numismatics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coins, American Gold Eagles, VDB Cent | About Coins http://www.raregoldcoins.com/market-blog/value-compression-a-new-trend-in-the-dated-gold-market#comment-1106 Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coins, American Gold Eagles, VDB Cent | About Coins Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:23:02 +0000 http://www.raregoldcoins.com/?p=7221#comment-1106 [...] Value Compression: A New Trend in the Dated Gold Market, RareGoldCoins.com In the past few years, I've noticed an interesting trend in relation to the pricing of rare date gold coins. I refer to this as “value compression.” Let me explain what I mean. When I mention this term I am referring to a small price premium between grades. The classic value-compressed issues have long been the Iowa and Roanoke commemorative half dollars. According to the most recent CDN Greysheet , the difference in value between an MS60 and MS65 Iowa half dollar is ... [...] [...] Value Compression: A New Trend in the Dated Gold Market, RareGoldCoins.com In the past few years, I’ve noticed an interesting trend in relation to the pricing of rare date gold coins. I refer to this as “value compression.” Let me explain what I mean. When I mention this term I am referring to a small price premium between grades. The classic value-compressed issues have long been the Iowa and Roanoke commemorative half dollars. According to the most recent CDN Greysheet , the difference in value between an MS60 and MS65 Iowa half dollar is … [...]

]]> By: Larry Jackson http://www.raregoldcoins.com/market-blog/value-compression-a-new-trend-in-the-dated-gold-market#comment-1105 Larry Jackson Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:09 +0000 http://www.raregoldcoins.com/?p=7221#comment-1105 Hi Doug, Too many C's and D's and even CC's gold coins are not graded correctly by the major grading serviced. In addition, I see some CAC graded coins that really are not up to par either. I estimate that the grading services overgrade 15% of the time on all gold coins with up to 50% of southern gold not graded correctly! Your coins do look great. Keep up the good work! Larry Jackson Hi Doug,

Too many C’s and D’s and even CC’s gold coins are not graded correctly by the major grading serviced. In addition, I see some CAC graded coins that really are not up to par either. I estimate that the grading services overgrade 15% of the time on all gold coins with up to 50% of southern gold not graded correctly!

Your coins do look great. Keep up the good work!

Larry Jackson

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