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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 3522053, member: 42034"]My interest in coins is to illustrate history and I like coins which can show or were made from interesting eras. While we all like something that increases in value I'm not sure that even Shippee could duplicate his sucesses today. The US market seems to have been oversold with investors and is presently making a correction. It could also be a demographic trend as all the old monied babyboomers who collected these things are dying off.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not too fond of investors as they mainly drive up prices on coins that I'd need for my collection. So much to the point that I find US coins to be completely unaffordable. Also I don't even know how to buy them as US coin dealers won't even talk to me with my more modest spending. World and Ancients dealers are much nicer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who would even buy a DCPF 66 1869 Shield Nickel without having a collection of other nickels or perhaps a 19th century proof type collection? Sounds a bit risky to me as could be an expensive item but also demand could dry up also very quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>With Ancient coins I dread & enjoy giving presentations to high school kids who are one their Ancient History section in the 6th grade. The ancients span a period of 630/650? BC until 476 AD. While 476 is a hard date to acquire (yes I did bid on the Romulus Augustus tremissis sold this past January at Heritage), a coin of 474/475 AD with Julius Nepos is much cheaper and possible to acquire. </p><p><br /></p><p>High schools have never shown an interest in medieval history thru coins and that period is much harder to illustrate with coins. Medieval is their next subject. I do have one class that had pictures of medieval coins and medals on the wall tho. I promised them a picture of a medieval French Louis d'or (ms-62) I have, made in Jan 1348: the year of the Black Death. However I may give then a photo of my 1486 guildiner (silver dollar) as that's a much more iconic coin: tho technically 1485 was the end of the Medieval Era.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/Aus_Guildiner_1486_both_600px.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Actually I couldn't imagine a coin further away from a PF-66 1869 Shield Nickel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 3522053, member: 42034"]My interest in coins is to illustrate history and I like coins which can show or were made from interesting eras. While we all like something that increases in value I'm not sure that even Shippee could duplicate his sucesses today. The US market seems to have been oversold with investors and is presently making a correction. It could also be a demographic trend as all the old monied babyboomers who collected these things are dying off. I'm not too fond of investors as they mainly drive up prices on coins that I'd need for my collection. So much to the point that I find US coins to be completely unaffordable. Also I don't even know how to buy them as US coin dealers won't even talk to me with my more modest spending. World and Ancients dealers are much nicer. Who would even buy a DCPF 66 1869 Shield Nickel without having a collection of other nickels or perhaps a 19th century proof type collection? Sounds a bit risky to me as could be an expensive item but also demand could dry up also very quickly. With Ancient coins I dread & enjoy giving presentations to high school kids who are one their Ancient History section in the 6th grade. The ancients span a period of 630/650? BC until 476 AD. While 476 is a hard date to acquire (yes I did bid on the Romulus Augustus tremissis sold this past January at Heritage), a coin of 474/475 AD with Julius Nepos is much cheaper and possible to acquire. High schools have never shown an interest in medieval history thru coins and that period is much harder to illustrate with coins. Medieval is their next subject. I do have one class that had pictures of medieval coins and medals on the wall tho. I promised them a picture of a medieval French Louis d'or (ms-62) I have, made in Jan 1348: the year of the Black Death. However I may give then a photo of my 1486 guildiner (silver dollar) as that's a much more iconic coin: tho technically 1485 was the end of the Medieval Era. [IMG]https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/Aus_Guildiner_1486_both_600px.jpg[/IMG] Actually I couldn't imagine a coin further away from a PF-66 1869 Shield Nickel.[/QUOTE]
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