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Message:: [QUOTE="Mainebill, post: 2431918, member: 44004"]Honestly not all the ultra rarities have appreciated that much. And timing is everything. With the sale of some huge collections like Pogue and Gene Gardiner and Newman the markets had a ton of high dollar coins out there. You can buy a 1804 dollar or a 1913 Liberty nickel as an investment and if you go to sell and a couple other people are selling theirs at the same time you could be in trouble.  There's only a very few collectors at the top of the marketplace. I think top end coins in the $1000 to $100,000 range are a much better investment as there's far more people that can afford them than the million dollar coins. A coin like the small eagle half or quarter will always have a strong demand in any condition  as people need them to complete their type sets  a 1794 dollar is another good jnvestment an they're always popular as the first dollar struck by the us mint. Actually I've seen a strong increase in prices of all the early dollars  ie bust and flowing hair in the last 15 years and I don't expect that to change  especially for original skin problem free examples.  I remember seeing small eagle dollars in original vf for $1500 or so about 10-15 years ago. Good luck finding one like that now. I've underbid the last 3 quality raw ones that have come up at estate auctions up here in the last couple years and all brought in the $3500-4K range[/QUOTE]