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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 186339, member: 1242"]LETSBUYCOINS,</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn't trying to contradict you! I was just trying to make a point about the overall Coin Market and especially the market for most Gold Coins! Yea, I believe that there is a little bit of bias for $5 Gold Pieces but there is also bias for many of the $2.50 and $20 Gold pieces. Heck, just look at the prices that some of the $20 Gold pieces bring on eBay. Many of them sell at or slightly above their' Gold melt value and some have even sold below that. It's like they have no collectible value whatsoever! Your right about eBay as the amount of goods offered up for auction, has just about destroyed the value of many collectible items. Just look at the values of Baseball Cards...especially the commons. Heck, most of the commons which sold for $0.10 to $1.00 some 10 to 15 years ago, today you are lucky to get $0.01 a piece on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now as far as Gold coins (as well Silver coins, precious metals in bullion and precious gems) goes, when the economy is in the sewers, they will be about the only thing that will get you food and other necessities when you need them with the exception of a loaded gun! Just remember history and what happened to Post WWI Germany when people were starving and a wheel barrel of 10,000,000 Deutsche Mark notes (Not Geld), would not even buy a loaf of bread. To me, Silver is and has almost always been the better investment with the exception being Rhodium...especially in the current economy but it is always good to pack some Gold and other precious items away. If and when the economy is in the sewers and I believe it will be (not too long from now), needed items will be more readily obtained with Gold and Diamonds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 186339, member: 1242"]LETSBUYCOINS, I wasn't trying to contradict you! I was just trying to make a point about the overall Coin Market and especially the market for most Gold Coins! Yea, I believe that there is a little bit of bias for $5 Gold Pieces but there is also bias for many of the $2.50 and $20 Gold pieces. Heck, just look at the prices that some of the $20 Gold pieces bring on eBay. Many of them sell at or slightly above their' Gold melt value and some have even sold below that. It's like they have no collectible value whatsoever! Your right about eBay as the amount of goods offered up for auction, has just about destroyed the value of many collectible items. Just look at the values of Baseball Cards...especially the commons. Heck, most of the commons which sold for $0.10 to $1.00 some 10 to 15 years ago, today you are lucky to get $0.01 a piece on eBay. Now as far as Gold coins (as well Silver coins, precious metals in bullion and precious gems) goes, when the economy is in the sewers, they will be about the only thing that will get you food and other necessities when you need them with the exception of a loaded gun! Just remember history and what happened to Post WWI Germany when people were starving and a wheel barrel of 10,000,000 Deutsche Mark notes (Not Geld), would not even buy a loaf of bread. To me, Silver is and has almost always been the better investment with the exception being Rhodium...especially in the current economy but it is always good to pack some Gold and other precious items away. If and when the economy is in the sewers and I believe it will be (not too long from now), needed items will be more readily obtained with Gold and Diamonds.[/QUOTE]
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