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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 5476073, member: 77704"]I believe the opposite/ prices of high quality coins will keep going up and up, as all other collectibles. Rare art/ vintage baseball cards/ classic cars, you name it. Look at prices realized (Heritage Auctions) past ten years in militaria/ minerals/ fossils/ banknotes/ rare wines/ civil war artifacts.</p><p>The reason behind this trend/ more of us have the $$$$ to spend on hobbies. Back in 1900, only industrialists/ nobility/ movie stars had that ability. In 2020, ordinary Johns like me can collect rare coins. I am sure back in 1900, most factory workers would have collected, if they had the spare cash after paying the bills. We are lucky today to have that chance. Others think that when the "Baby Boomers" sell off in next 30 years, that the tech saavy folks will not do much else but look at their boring smartphones. Soon they too will start collecting.</p><p>Having said that, I wish the opposite where true and that prices would drop back to 1980 levels, I still want to win lots of new and exciting coins in next 20 years or more. Would be nice to get MS Ptolemaic Oktodrachms for 5K<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 5476073, member: 77704"]I believe the opposite/ prices of high quality coins will keep going up and up, as all other collectibles. Rare art/ vintage baseball cards/ classic cars, you name it. Look at prices realized (Heritage Auctions) past ten years in militaria/ minerals/ fossils/ banknotes/ rare wines/ civil war artifacts. The reason behind this trend/ more of us have the $$$$ to spend on hobbies. Back in 1900, only industrialists/ nobility/ movie stars had that ability. In 2020, ordinary Johns like me can collect rare coins. I am sure back in 1900, most factory workers would have collected, if they had the spare cash after paying the bills. We are lucky today to have that chance. Others think that when the "Baby Boomers" sell off in next 30 years, that the tech saavy folks will not do much else but look at their boring smartphones. Soon they too will start collecting. Having said that, I wish the opposite where true and that prices would drop back to 1980 levels, I still want to win lots of new and exciting coins in next 20 years or more. Would be nice to get MS Ptolemaic Oktodrachms for 5K:happy:[/QUOTE]
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