It's not a slump, it's a structural change. Aside from a novelty purchase, I wouldn't advise fighting the headwinds.
Platinum and Palladium have a MAJOR problem -- the loss of the auto emissions use. The main reason for their usage is being phased out. Gold is...
A PF-69 MCMVII Ultra High Relief is up for auction from the Bass Collection at HA....latest I saw was bidding at about $1.7 MM and expected to go...
There wasn't much gold production in the U.S the first few decades of our existence. When gold was found in California in the 1840's, gold...
They are not true MS-67's and worth the $$$ unless PCGS and/or NGC graded.
What makes you say that "most of the coins" have been resubmitted and reslabbed instead of "a great number" ? Have the TPGs themselves more or...
I believe the (margin) rules were changed during the game which is one reason they went broke and why silver had such a wicked reversal.
More good information on these types of things can come from the Heritage commentaries that accompany some of the rarer and/or more expensive coins.
Very interesting post, Vess. :D The reason I wanted to compare Annual Population Reports over time was to see how the totals changed over time...
Jim, my style is similar to yours in terms of changing coin investing from time-to-time....and I agree with you on Mercanti's excellent book.
Yup, it appears they stopped about 2010 or so. I thought they were still putting them out. Did they ever give an official reason for it ? Maybe...
Yup, that's pretty much what I do. I just figured if I could get my hands on 3-5 population reports I would have a 30,000 foot view of The Big...
How is having more data not MORE informed, Charley ? :D
BS3, it's not PROPRIETARY data. It's basically released -- or was released -- with the Annual Population Reports. I'm just talking certification...
Excellent points as usual, GD, but it remains one of my pet peeves: NOBODY at the top of the professional associations or organizations seems to...
Bowers' U.S. LIBERTY HEAD $20 DOUBLE EAGLES: The Gilded Age of Coinage. This is a very good book which is more of a yearly review of economic,...
Was interested in the trend for total population, not even so much the distribution of the grades (though that would be a secondary interest)....
Like what ? We know about gradeflation, I was thinking that the trend over time should give people an idea as to whether the supply of coins was...
You mean William Devane and others ? I think the bullion is properly priced, but as I recall with Blanchard decades ago, they try and get you...
I was just looking to check a few select coins -- Saints, Franklins, other popular collecting coins, etc. -- and see how their certification...
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