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<p>[QUOTE="fatima, post: 1301234, member: 22143"]Baseball is irrelevant. </p><p><br /></p><p>I get his point completely. The ASE is bullion and intended for buyers who purchase bullion mostly as a hedge against US currency. In that regard, they have no ties to the history or events that happened in the USA. The proof versions of this bullion are essentially tarted up versions of the bullion coin and thus only demonstrate the mint's technical ability to produce nice coins. Sure they are collected by people but I understand the point as to why a coin collector in the traditional sense would not regard these as something to spend much time on.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the point is constantly demonstrated here because 99% of the posts about this set have been about how much money they can make. Not one, or very few posts, on how the coins looks, how well they were coined, any distinguishing features, etc. People aren't buying these coins for that. I will continue to contend that the collectible market for this coin is far far smaller than what has been conjured up in the minds of the coin flippers which is the only thing driving prices right now. As I said before, in this type situation, it will be the ones who get in early and back out who will make the money. The real collectors will wait.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fatima, post: 1301234, member: 22143"]Baseball is irrelevant. I get his point completely. The ASE is bullion and intended for buyers who purchase bullion mostly as a hedge against US currency. In that regard, they have no ties to the history or events that happened in the USA. The proof versions of this bullion are essentially tarted up versions of the bullion coin and thus only demonstrate the mint's technical ability to produce nice coins. Sure they are collected by people but I understand the point as to why a coin collector in the traditional sense would not regard these as something to spend much time on. I think the point is constantly demonstrated here because 99% of the posts about this set have been about how much money they can make. Not one, or very few posts, on how the coins looks, how well they were coined, any distinguishing features, etc. People aren't buying these coins for that. I will continue to contend that the collectible market for this coin is far far smaller than what has been conjured up in the minds of the coin flippers which is the only thing driving prices right now. As I said before, in this type situation, it will be the ones who get in early and back out who will make the money. The real collectors will wait.[/QUOTE]
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