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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Good Cents, post: 3874826, member: 100720&quot;]Thank You All Very Much! Your replies have all been extremely informative and helpful!</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said in my OP, I&#039;m enjoying Coin Collecting as a Hobby very much, even while I haven&#039;t spent all that much money on it (relatively). I especially love the history of it - holding in my hands old coins from the mid 19th century is amazing!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also put money into Bullion strictly as an investment in PM. I haven&#039;t bought any PM in proof, graded or otherwise collectible conditions and bought as close to spot value as I could find.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I don&#039;t really see Silver as the sort of PM to invest in as a PM investment, both because it has acted so wildly in terms of the rises and falls over the past 20 years and because I&#039;d have to buy too much of it for a significant investment.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize that my PM investments were up for volatility which is why, as I wrote above, I only bought as much as I am comfortable with risking.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I thought that a high value Numismatic coin or two could retain its value over the years. I&#039;ve got the Index Funds as well as the IRA in Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking for something that I could hold in my hands which is not bullion, cash, a diamond or something else that needs an appraisal before buying it (like artwork). I thought a coin or two would be good, but apparently, that is not the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>JeffB - Thank you for explaining in so much detail how I would lose just by the dealers fees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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