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I am sure they do. As I said, it depends on the coin. But, for the coin I just bought, when I factored in my estimate of the cost of buying in an auction, plus the buyers premium, plus postage and packing, the Atlas price for the coin was pretty competitive with what I would pay at auction. Obviously, one needs to have a view as to what a coin 'should' cost. For my area of interest, which are sixpences, I generally have a perspective as to what a coin should cost and from being active in the auction marketplace over the past few years, I have a good idea what a given coin will probably go for. So you look for where you think you will get the best price. For me, auctions are likely to remain my primary source of coins. But I have no problem using reputable dealers if they have the coin I want at a competitive price.

I don't have the Barter, but it sounds interesting. Krause only lists around 10 or 11 varieties. Yours looks to be X 9a or X 9c depending on whether it is solid copper or copper plated WM. I'm going for X9a, and it looks to be one of the best I've seen.

Forum God is applied when you reach 1000 posts. 1925 halfcrowns in low grades along with most other coinage isn't considered rare, if you have come across these in EF or above then the rarity scale would kick in, check the ESC BOOK by Raynor he states this frequently in his footnotes. If you have seen them in EF or better I'd be interested in seeing a few pics as Geo V coinage was crap at the best of times (poorly struck)

Uhhhh, yes, as suggested demand may just have a bit to do with price realized. This is not for some obscure varietal ( my term "hyper-varietal") either, but an individual coin in an avidly collected series. That Irish 1938 bit has really made the rounds and gone unsold on many occasions; an obscure moneyer or other such is in a like boat. Also, don't forget there are actually only evidently THREE available 1933 pennies & doubt they are available other than theoretically.

There are a few left of these left unsold and I felt I couldn't miss the opportunity to snap up a rarity, namely the 1861 Freeman 28, which he has at rarity 18. Made Steve an offer of £250 via Lee, which he accepted. Picked up the coin from the Post Office today. Very pleased.