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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2478245, member: 78153&quot;]Totally and completely wrong.&nbsp; In our prior exchange here, I specifically addressed this subject.&nbsp; Let me repeat myself now.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a <b><u>financial context</u></b>, I divide moderns into three groups: your gems as a proxy for “grade rarities”, the coins I described (predominantly PCGS MS-66) and all others. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your gems will never be owned or bought by more than a tiny fraction of the collector base within any modern series and are irrelevant to at least 99.9% of all (future) collectors of US moderns, never mind anyone else.&nbsp; The same applies to most coins within a specialization (such as those obscure die varieties you think are so significant).&nbsp;&nbsp; Additionally, many if not most of these gems are either already expensive or relatively overpriced and there isn’t necessarily any reason to believe the prospects are financially favorable either.</p><p><br /></p><p>For coins below MS-66, except if collected within a specialization, the probability that any of them will be worth more than nominal amounts later is essentially zero.&nbsp; It can happen in isolation but still no reason to believe it will be anything other than financially irrelevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>This leaves the coins which were the focus of my comments; the “undergrade”, usually a PCGS MS-66.&nbsp; This is the “best” quality most likely to be owned by any noticeable number of collectors which simultaneously has any potentially meaningful financial prospects.&nbsp; This is why my comments focused on this segment, not your gems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I told you in my last reply, I can support my claim now just as I have in the past, that this third group’s financial prospects are nowhere near your (prior or implied) claims and also disproportionately financially irrelevant. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you claim otherwise as I suspect, this is why I brought up the&nbsp; Buffalo nickel.&nbsp; Like moderns, most Buffalo nickels sell for nominal prices and so do most coins in the most widely collected classic series.&nbsp; None of these coins are &quot;rare&quot; and neither are moderns except for your &quot;gems&quot;.&nbsp; Like these classics, there is zero reason to believe that appreciation on&nbsp; all other moderns will be meaningful either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, like I told you before, the internet has made your claims obsolete, even assuming they had any merits which they do not.&nbsp; There is no reason to believe that collectors will find the coins you like so compelling when they can choose from at least 250,000 coins and maybe 10,000 series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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