There is no reason to pay attention to any annual price guide. Why anyone think it accurately reflects what coins are actually worth?
I assume there is also a third group of collectors between those you are describing (which might number as many as 250,000) and the casual...
Fair enough. However, I suspect the OP posed the question to incorporate what I wrote, though I might be wrong about that. The original mintage...
Most who collect SQ I'd classify as a casual collector. I understand your point but it still doesn't reconcile to the apparent supply or price...
The reason I made this distinction is because though the First Spouse series has a low mintage literally, it isn't particularly meaningful. I'd...
There have to be a lot more than 250,000 active collectors based in the US unless you have a completely different definition of active than I do....
Agreed. And to use the First Spouse series as an example, it is a non-circulating coin where practically all of them will remain in their...
Same here.
This isn't what I had in mind. In the series I collect which are presumably older than those collected by most US collectors, the "problem" coins...
Agree with the sentiments of the OP. In my opinion, many "problem" coins look BETTER than their straight graded (eligible) counterparts.
I do not collect the series but my prior review of the population reports showed that in higher MS grades, the counts were higher for FSB than...
Silver is more volatile than gold. Silver prices have moved up so the ratio has decreased.
Agree that the sets are worthwhile collecting but the buyer needs to be prepared to accept a likely loss upon resale. When I was starting out at...
I believe there are multiple reasons for what Paddy54 described. First, like he stated, dealers aren't going to make an offer for inventory that...
Looking at lots on eBay, it can't be the Olympic coins because the difference in the price between the prestige and regular silver set is a lot...
It's another gimmick, just as a lot of the recent stuff the RCM has recently issued.
I'm not because everything cannot be more popular simultaneously, in the sense that it is worth more or a lot more since someone always has to own...
If it is a popular variety and well known today, the likelihood is that its common and will be for as long as it will matter to anyone reading...
Labels are gimmicks. Additionally, the supposed quality difference between a 69 and 70 is imaginary, whether either of these grades are "rare" or not.
I don't believe I am underestimating its scarcity in these grades, though yes, it may not appear for sale often. The NGC population report lists...
Separate names with a comma.
