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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2438110, member: 78153&quot;]I believe they will &quot;eventually&quot; drop a lot over time, but probably a long time.&nbsp; In writing my prior posts here, I checked a few Lincoln cents in the 1965 Red Book.&nbsp; They are only listed in &quot;UNC&quot; but looking at the Heritage archives, I&#039;d say most of the &quot;keys&quot; and &quot;semi keys&quot; in this series have been financial losers in grades up to 63 though maybe this is only BN or RB which is roughly equivalent to many 1965 &quot;UNC&quot;.&nbsp; This is in &quot;real&quot; money and not nominal prices since a 2016 dollar is worth a small fraction from 51 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; The &#039;55 DDO cent was one of the few winners.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few examples include the 26-S at $140, 14-D at $700, 09-S VDB at $335 and the &#039;55 DDO at $250..&nbsp; Heritage records recent sales of the 26-S in 63 BN for less than $300 and the 14-D in 63 RB at about $3000.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t check the 09-S VDB but don&#039;t believe it&#039;s worth more than $1200.&nbsp; The DDO cent I believe is about $2000.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1965, these coins were very expensive for the typical collector, relative to income and net worth.&nbsp; There were also many coins which sold for somewhat more or less that have left these coins in the dust.&nbsp; An example is the 1815/12 Bust Half which was listed at $500 in UNC.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I am describing, this is the performance over half a century of mostly relatively prosperous times and a massive asset bubble with the loosest credit conditions, ever.&nbsp; I rate the chances of an economic repeat with similar financial conditions where the masses will share equivalently in any future prosperity (which I think will be much less and at some points, negative) at essentially zero.</p><p><br /></p><p>Combined with the internet revolution, this economic combination isn&#039;t remotely likely to lead to the outcome where such common coins with inflated prices and mediocre numismatic attributes are likely to perform well financially.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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