Correct, except maybe at nominal prices or discounts of 99%+ to current market value for the most expensive coins. This might be breaking news...
The examples and reasoning you are using in this post are again in the abstract. In the case of the Jefferson nickel, there aren't remotely 10...
How do you conclude that a sample of two confirms or refutes anything? There are no absolutes in grading and from a financial standpoint, it is...
I agree with you in that it would successfully kill coins as a business as we know it today and defeat the aims of those who advocate it. The...
I have coins that are much scarcer than a 09-S VDB also worth less or a lot less and I would never trade them for this coin or any other like it,...
I was collecting then but not paying close attention. My recollection is that first, buyers over estimated the scarcity of many US coins now...
If you have been reading enough comments here, you should be aware that under the warranty, you are not entitled to the price you paid but at most...
What you are attempting to describe seems to be somewhat similar to the third definition I included in one of my prior posts here; in the minimum...
No, it isn't. I understand your point. I just don't agree with it.
I use three concepts of rarity: Absolute rarity or the number which exist. Condition rarity using the TPG grade. The minimal quality or better...
The definition you are attempting to use turns the concept of rarity on its head. Nothing is rare simply because many people would like to buy...
I do as well. There is also a difference between gold and silver which I forgot to mention in my last post. The annual mining supply for gold is...
I believe gold will - eventually - lose relative value and maybe a lot because it is historically overpriced today. If a substitute is found...
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Are you saying that the numismatic premiums on the "bullion/junk" markets will disappear? Or the use of these metals as a store of value? If the...
Classic silver commemoratives were inflated by the late 1980's TPG bubble. There were other series which were also inflated though to my...
The population has little to do with the price level. I'll agree it matters somewhat in the US because of the scale of collecting but it isn't...
Agree, decades from now, hardly any collectors will remember him.
I wouldn't consider any US coin valued up to $25,000 a "trophy" because given the US price level, I can't think of a single one which is actually...
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