Pricing on Gold Buffalos

[MikeKing]

Can anyone tell me what a decent (for the buyer) price is for the following:

 

Gold Buffalos:

pcgs pf 70

ngc pf 70

pcgs ms 70

ngc ms 70

 

Thanks

 

-Mike

 

oh, I forgot, I'm assuming they are all pf dcam, or are they not?

 

edited again to add: I also forgot, first strikes.

 

I know this issue must have been belabored time and time again, but I never paid much attention to it because I never bought modern bullion...well, not never, but not since the whole first strike designation came about. I also barely know that there was this whole law suit thing and I never followed that either.

 

So could anyone please tell me in one paragraph or less what the ultimate verdict is? Can you actually tell the difference between 'first strikes' and the rest?

Are they worth the difference in price?

 

 

[silverhawk]

You are better off getting PCGS or NGC 69's. You can get ANACS 70s for the same price.

 

Personally, I like IGC for gold.

[Beijim]

You cannot tell the difference between FIRST STRIKE or FIRST STRIKES designated pieces and regular label pieces of the same grade. Put another way, they're indistinguishable. Put yet another way, the designations are meaningless from any numismatic perspective other than marketing.

 

Read the discussion about this on the U.S Mint web site. Bottom line: The FIRST STRIKE and FIRST STRIKES designations bear no relationship whatsoever to the order in which coins came off the dies, as many die pairs will have been used to produce coins prior to initial release and during the designation eligibility period.

 

As to whether the designation is worth any premium, that decision is solely yours as a consumer.

 

Beijim

[Beijim]

Current decent prices for the NGC coins are:

 

$700 2006 NGC MS 70

$925 2006-W NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO

 

Beijim