Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-06 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 11.3 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 12d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $52.27 — the lowest of one listing for the Dead Presidents effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:30 UTC (5h ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 11 keys, 20.44 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Engineer's Cap”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Dead Presidents Engineer's Cap sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-09: 44 observations, from 13.4 keys to 6.10 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
13.4 keys
10.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:09 UTC
14.5 keys
9.30 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:54 UTC
13.8 keys
9.74 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:39 UTC
13.2 keys
9.30 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 15:57 UTC
12.5 keys
8.89 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 02:45 UTC
13.0 keys
10.2 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 23:37 UTC
12.7 keys
10.7 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 23:33 UTC
11.8 keys
9.89 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 19:21 UTC
11.9 keys
10.0 keys
25 JAN 2026 · 23:42 UTC
11.3 keys
9.43 keys
6 FEB 2026 · 00:22 UTC
10.6 keys
9.32 keys
2 MAR 2026 · 22:40 UTC
12.9 keys
5.93 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
8.90 keys
7.74 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 21:12 UTC
7.88 keys
6.79 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 13:11 UTC
9.35 keys
8.12 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
7.51 keys
6.53 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 11:12 UTC
7.51 keys
6.52 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
12.0 keys
10.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
8.23 keys
7.16 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
9.63 keys
8.37 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
10.9 keys
9.52 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
11.3 keys
9.82 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
11.2 keys
9.73 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.5 keys
9.99 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
8.53 keys
7.42 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.56 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
9.26 keys
8.05 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
11.3 keys
9.87 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
9.80 keys
8.52 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
9.73 keys
8.47 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
7.86 keys
6.84 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 06:08 UTC
11.9 keys
10.4 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:11 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
6.77 keys
5.89 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
8.82 keys
7.67 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
6.10 keys
5.30 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Dead Presidents Engineer's Cap's sell price ranged from 6.10 keys to 12.0 keys and is down 34.1% after 11 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.10 keys to 14.3 keys (down 53.7%). Today's 6.10 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.10 keys (9 Oct 2026) and the highest 14.5 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.