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<p>[QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 2426869, member: 56370"]The discussion at this point seems to be centered around condition rarities of regular circulation issues. Since that market is in its infancy, I'm sure anyone who could predict where it's going could be a millionaire. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another area I am curious about is modern US commemoratives, not for condition rarity but for absolute rarity. There are many recent issues of silver dollars and clad halves with total mintages in the 200K range. Although this is probably not enough rarity to make anyone rich, it represents a thin enough supply to cause prices to skyrocket if their popularity were to increase. And if a preference for OGP were to become dominant, there would be a lot of people kicking themselves for having purchased them in slabs. I've raised this question before and been told that commems have always been the "dogs" of the numismatic world and will always remain so. That may or may not be the case, but I'm convinced that sometime that market will be hyped. It will later come crashing down again but may provide good opportunities for anyone timing it right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 2426869, member: 56370"]The discussion at this point seems to be centered around condition rarities of regular circulation issues. Since that market is in its infancy, I'm sure anyone who could predict where it's going could be a millionaire. Another area I am curious about is modern US commemoratives, not for condition rarity but for absolute rarity. There are many recent issues of silver dollars and clad halves with total mintages in the 200K range. Although this is probably not enough rarity to make anyone rich, it represents a thin enough supply to cause prices to skyrocket if their popularity were to increase. And if a preference for OGP were to become dominant, there would be a lot of people kicking themselves for having purchased them in slabs. I've raised this question before and been told that commems have always been the "dogs" of the numismatic world and will always remain so. That may or may not be the case, but I'm convinced that sometime that market will be hyped. It will later come crashing down again but may provide good opportunities for anyone timing it right.[/QUOTE]
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