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<p>[QUOTE="susanlynn9, post: 31928, member: 1258"]Goes back to educating yourself on what you buy. With some research, a collector should have a good idea of whether particular mint offerings are overpriced or not as desireable as other offerings. Though I would like to point out that, although some of the mint products have not increased in value, that does not necessarily make them "bad buys". It also depends on what you collect. The Mint has offered some interesting presentations that, although I did not personally find to be worth the money, a different collector might really want for his collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that all of the statements made (and Ed, that was a great list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) need to be personalized for each collector. Just because a collector doesn't collect what is generally seen as "valuable" items does not make the collection wrong, it makes it different, which adds value to those collections in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I, also, would like to see that list posted in the sticky "Information and Helpful Links" thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="susanlynn9, post: 31928, member: 1258"]Goes back to educating yourself on what you buy. With some research, a collector should have a good idea of whether particular mint offerings are overpriced or not as desireable as other offerings. Though I would like to point out that, although some of the mint products have not increased in value, that does not necessarily make them "bad buys". It also depends on what you collect. The Mint has offered some interesting presentations that, although I did not personally find to be worth the money, a different collector might really want for his collection. I think that all of the statements made (and Ed, that was a great list :D ) need to be personalized for each collector. Just because a collector doesn't collect what is generally seen as "valuable" items does not make the collection wrong, it makes it different, which adds value to those collections in my opinion. I, also, would like to see that list posted in the sticky "Information and Helpful Links" thread.[/QUOTE]
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