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<p>[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 105511, member: 3813"]I think you're probably right, but it just strikes me as odd that this type of set would increase in value so much, plus go for that in the first place. that's as compared to say the 1897 Barber Half I bought a few months ago... proof... ~700 minted, and who knows how many actually in existence still. PR63 Cert. for ~$400.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know about sets like these. I'm sure it will increase (as you said), I just don't see why coins like the one I bought aren't much more expensive (not that I'm complaining, since there's plenty of coins I can't afford and/or wouldn't pay $10,000 for).</p><p><br /></p><p>~700 one hundred+ year old coins seems much more "limited edition" to me, but that's just one SJ's opinion. I'm trying to think of a reason to get any of them to be honest, aside from the "what the hell" factor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 105511, member: 3813"]I think you're probably right, but it just strikes me as odd that this type of set would increase in value so much, plus go for that in the first place. that's as compared to say the 1897 Barber Half I bought a few months ago... proof... ~700 minted, and who knows how many actually in existence still. PR63 Cert. for ~$400. I don't know about sets like these. I'm sure it will increase (as you said), I just don't see why coins like the one I bought aren't much more expensive (not that I'm complaining, since there's plenty of coins I can't afford and/or wouldn't pay $10,000 for). ~700 one hundred+ year old coins seems much more "limited edition" to me, but that's just one SJ's opinion. I'm trying to think of a reason to get any of them to be honest, aside from the "what the hell" factor.[/QUOTE]
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