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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1720402, member: 44079&quot;]Well that is the NGC business plan anyway.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, it is just arty bullion.&nbsp; It&#039;ll melt the same as the others.&nbsp; Don&#039;t much care if some folks want to grade it numismatically (sp?) or not.&nbsp; If times go bad and someone tries to buy 10 gallons of gasoline (or diesel, or scrap motor oil cut with some kerosene, etc.) with a MS70 ASE, well he is in for a shock.&nbsp; He will find it buys exactly the same amount of fuel (or other commodity) at Jeb&#039;s suttlery as 13,5 worn out dimes or a scratched up ASE.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is the underlying reality of collecting pretty bullion metals.&nbsp; All this other jazz, protective slabs, marketing plans, extra polish, numismatic gradings, magic numbers, et al, that is all dependent on the society working just fine and nothing going wrong.&nbsp; One good asteroid strike and you will be borrowing a hammer so you can take the medallion out of the slab and get over to the sutler&#039;s and buy some fuel before your grand-kid&#039;s toes turn black in the cold (i.e., frostbite).</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I think frosted medallion finishes are pretty?&nbsp; Heck yeah.&nbsp; I have even been known to give one as a gift.&nbsp; Nice art.&nbsp; Would I invest my earnings into an art collection?&nbsp; Not likely.&nbsp; Different strokes for different folks.&nbsp; Just remember though, not everyone is listening to the same kind of music and things can change really quick.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If the previous dealer is not *able* to sell ASE with a mint mark and&nbsp; grades PF69/70 at a premium then those coins should be sold in a&nbsp; different marketplace&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, absolutely.&nbsp; True in any business.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t sell a warehouse full of green paint in Ohio, sell it in Vermont. &#039;Nuff said.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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