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<p>[QUOTE="Vegas Vic, post: 2007887, member: 58810"]Just because there might be a moron out there who will pay big bucks the second the coin is minted means little. Mint products depreciate on average ([USER=16513]@Chiefbullsit[/USER] the average statement is just for you) faster then a new car rolling off the lot. Especially the ones hyped presale. If someone really needs to hold the coin in their hand first let them pay the crazy price. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What is your definition of higher? What someone pays right this instant or one month from now. With moderns the value changes quite quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I love bashing government the one thing is for the most part they are actually underpaid compared to their private market equivalents. My pay would drop maybe 60+% if I was a federal employee. My sister would make at least twice what she makes working for the Feds. My dad would probably have made two to three times what he made in the free market.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is no one shoots at me on a regular basis. I don't have to run into burning buildings and I don't live in poverty so I can buy my fifth grade class school supplies. If the huge bonus we give people who chase down criminals and get shot at in the process is a stupid mint coin that will be worth on average somewhere around melt in ten years and they get one early awesome. Kind of like trading beads for fur with the Indians. They deserve much more.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Could not agree more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vegas Vic, post: 2007887, member: 58810"]Just because there might be a moron out there who will pay big bucks the second the coin is minted means little. Mint products depreciate on average ([USER=16513]@Chiefbullsit[/USER] the average statement is just for you) faster then a new car rolling off the lot. Especially the ones hyped presale. If someone really needs to hold the coin in their hand first let them pay the crazy price. What is your definition of higher? What someone pays right this instant or one month from now. With moderns the value changes quite quickly. As much as I love bashing government the one thing is for the most part they are actually underpaid compared to their private market equivalents. My pay would drop maybe 60+% if I was a federal employee. My sister would make at least twice what she makes working for the Feds. My dad would probably have made two to three times what he made in the free market. My point is no one shoots at me on a regular basis. I don't have to run into burning buildings and I don't live in poverty so I can buy my fifth grade class school supplies. If the huge bonus we give people who chase down criminals and get shot at in the process is a stupid mint coin that will be worth on average somewhere around melt in ten years and they get one early awesome. Kind of like trading beads for fur with the Indians. They deserve much more. Could not agree more.[/QUOTE]
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