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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4440151, member: 19165&quot;]Well, at current prices <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/proof-sets/932/most-active" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/proof-sets/932/most-active" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/proof-sets/932/most-active</a></p><p><br /></p><p>8 x 53 - $1520</p><p>8 x 54 - $800</p><p>6 x 55 - $690</p><p>20 x 56 - $1300</p><p>80 x 57 - $2560</p><p>20 x 58 - $700</p><p>20 x 59 - $640</p><p>20 x 60 - $620</p><p>20 x 61 - $520</p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming your mom bought those sets and didn&#039;t touch them, they&#039;d be worth $9350 today. That might sound like a lot</p><p><br /></p><p>But wait. </p><p><br /></p><p>If your mom had simply invested that money in a money market fund which kept up with inflation, that $1700 would be worth now $14,154. The proof sets were literally a worse investment than a money market - the worst investment you could choose. </p><p><br /></p><p>But wait. </p><p><br /></p><p>If your mom had invested just $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1964 when Warren buffet took over the company, it would be worth $16 million today. </p><p><br /></p><p>So.... yeah, your mom made the right choice not to buy those proof sets. What else did she buy, and was that a wiser choice? No idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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