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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2425486, member: 68&quot;]We don&#039;t see eye to eye on much do we? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t think people should buy coins as investments or because they might retain their value.&nbsp; I admit that I always try to collect in areas that are out of favor and then when they get popular I trade them off for other things that are out of favor.&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t mean I want to make money or invest but merely that I like to have first crack at the things I do collect.&nbsp; I like to collect in fields that are unpopulated. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part of all good investing is to be countercyclical.&nbsp; Most people buy high and sell low.&nbsp; They go along with what everyone else is doing so they almost always lose money.&nbsp; Now that classic coins are peaking before the supply glut caused by baby boomers retiring they are snapping them up. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Collect whatever you like but there&#039;s no need to demean or belittle what others like.&nbsp; The fact of the matter is that all collectors like scarcity so saying all moderns are common is bashing.&nbsp; Saying they have nominal value is bashing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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