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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kortgawain, post: 58692, member: 3520&quot;]Cloudsweeper99, thanks for the opinion.&nbsp; I think I understand where you are coming from, but I can only hope to achieve that balance between value and my collecting desires.&nbsp; If I purchase a silver set for $350 under today&#039;s prices and later the long term value levels off and the &quot;price&quot; in 5 years is only $250, personally I still feel pretty good, because I wanted the set anyway as a collector, and the drop off in price doesn&#039;t substantially affect my outlook on having the set.&nbsp; I still have the coins that comprise the set, and the mintage of these coins will never change.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, if I purchase a 2004 Coin and Medal set for $135.00 (which I did), and in 5 years, they are selling for $25.00 (which I think is more what they are worth in value), I will always secretly kick myself for paying so much for something that has a temporary price of $135.00, because the US Mint decided to sell only 25,000 of these medals and boxes together and include three proof coins that are minted in much higher numbers in various packages or in regluar proof sets that don&#039;t approach this temporary price.&nbsp; Of course, I foolishly chase the packaging just like so many filled with the collecting addiction for the product, not the parts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting today seems to be intertwined in many of the offerings with the packaging and output of the US Mint in ways that weren&#039;t the situation before about 1986 with some exceptions.&nbsp; Of course, the old collectors and the wiser new collectors probably don&#039;t fall victim to this as much as I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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