Average price of special year Proof Half-sovereigns?

[westminstrel]

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help with determining the average price for the special year Proof Half-sovereigns?

1989, 2002, 2005, 2012 and 2017.

Prices generally seem to be all over the place.

Maybe a better question is what might be a reasonable / fair price if someone (me) was considering shopping around for these?

Thanks! 🙂

[modofantasma]

A resource that may help your research...

https://www.coinarchives.com/w/

34 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

Prices generally seem to be all over the place.

Agreed.

[westminstrel]

3 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

A resource that may help your research...

https://www.coinarchives.com/w/

Agreed.

Oh thank you so much! I’ll take a look on there. 🙂

[modofantasma]

14 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

Oh thank you so much! I’ll take a look on there. 🙂

There seems to be an element of speculation in proof and special year graded coins from what I can gather. I have few proof coins and none graded as yet but I do like the simplicity of bullion. 

[westminstrel]

15 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

There seems to be an element of speculation in proof and special year graded coins from what I can gather. I have few proof coins and none graded as yet but I do like the simplicity of bullion. 

Agreed!  It’s difficult for me to gauge how much is too much.  I’m not into graded coins though, so I think that means I might be able to get one or more of these at a reasonable price (I hope).  I’ve never considered Half-sovereigns, so this is new to me. 😅

[Chorlton]

50 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

There seems to be an element of speculation in proof and special year graded coins from what I can gather. I have few proof coins and none graded as yet but I do like the simplicity of bullion. 

Generally proofs maintain their value through condition. For the more valuable proofs grading both confirms the condition and also the slab protects the coin. For cheaper proofs grading is potentially not as beneficial.

[Orpster]

1 hour ago, westminstrel said:

what might be a reasonable / fair price if someone (me) was considering shopping around for these?

Will depend a lot on if they are graded.  Current trend seems to be that PF70's can go for up to 25% premium even over PF69 examples.  I have a 2002 PF70 and want a 1989 but the current price on those is too high for me.  I don't generally buy graded and only have 3 graded coins, two of which I only bought because they were the same price as raw. 

[westminstrel]

4 minutes ago, Orpster said:

Will depend a lot on if they are graded.  Current trend seems to be that PF70's can go for up to 25% premium even over PF69 examples.  I have a 2002 PF70 and want a 1989 but the current price on those is too high for me.  I don't generally buy graded and only have 3 graded coins, two of which I only bought because they were the same price as raw. 

Thanks. Indeed graded coins do sell  for more, and that’s understandable. I’m happy to settle for raw ungraded coins in their original packaging. 

[Orpster]

5 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

Thanks. Indeed graded coins do sell  for more, and that’s understandable. I’m happy to settle for raw ungraded coins in their original packaging. 

I am usually the same, but then I also rarely bother with proofs at all but similar to you would like to collect the special date versions.  Maybe start with this years if you do not have one already they seem to be fairly well available.  You can generally pick one up around £370-£400 raw.