Coin and Paper Money Collecting/British Guinea's

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Expert: - 8/3/2011


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Hello Dmitry,

How are you? Hope all is good. I contacted you last year about the value of some coins I have. You advised me to get them graded, which I have done. They were graded by PCGS. 1771 Guinea XF40, 1771 1/2 Guinea AU58 and 1793 Guinea MS61. Wanted to know if you can give me a fair market value in today's market? I appreciate your time.
Cheers
Danny

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Hi again Daniel,
The colelctible value portion has been steady from last year to the present. However, rising gold values have added about an 10% or so to the total values of the coins that I gave you last year.
I don't expect the collectible values to increase for at least a few years. Gold values are expected to keep increasing, so a small percentage will be added every year depending on how much the gold markets increase.
Thanks again for the question! =)

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Dmitry Livshits

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My specialty is world coins from the 18th to 20th centuries, primarily non-US foreign coins and related areas such as errors and exonumia (tokens, medals, etc.). I can answer questions relating to identification, grading, selling, preservation and evaluation of such items. In addition to catalog value, I can give you the practical market value and trends for specific types of coins. I will also take questions regarding counterfeits (both modern and antique) and on how to identify them. I am NOT knowledgeable in paper money/banknotes, ancient or "shipwreck" coins. Thank you.

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Collector of world coins since early childhood. Access to a variety of auction records and reference material. You can also find me on Facebook.

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A.S. in Psychology (2006), B.A. in Forensic Psychology (2008), M.A. in Forensic Psychology (2011).

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