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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 74654, member: 3011&quot;]Speedy,</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the suggestion.&nbsp; I&#039;ve heard the argument many times about buying the higher quality coins.&nbsp; But I looked at some historical prices last year for $20 St Gaudens pieces over the years.&nbsp; The common date coins in the higher grades [MS64 and 65] didn&#039;t outperform the lower grades [MS61 and 62] on a percentage basis.&nbsp; In fact, they tracked each other very closely for many years.&nbsp; Something has to be both rare and high grade to really outperform, and those coins are somewhat out of my reach anyway.&nbsp; In some cases, I can buy three MS61 coins for about the price of one MS65, and I&#039;d rather collect on that basis.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if the premiums will expand, contract, or stay about the same in the future.&nbsp; So all things considered, I&#039;d rather have more uncirculated coins than less.&nbsp; I don&#039;t completely trust the high premiums over bullion value for the higher grades when the coins really aren&#039;t that rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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