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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrholdout, post: 2885696, member: 89654&quot;]Great topic. I think any &#039;investment advice&#039; is at best a personal hunch. We can only speculate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s always wise to have a mixed investment in coins. That is why I have bullion, junk silver, high grade coins, etc. If the economy is strong, numismatics is strong due to higher disposable income, and silver is not weak but &#039;contained&#039;. Time to move those high grade coins with patience - it can take months to achieve a nice sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the economy stumbles, it is harder to move those numismatic investments, and silver is strong and rising - time to move that junk silver and common bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are tides within that framework. If silver drops a week in a row it takes the edge off bidding. If silver is on a week-long rise bidding can get frenetic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately I think it boils down to what coins we like and believe in within our investment budget. For me #1 is THE COIN MUST BE ATTRACTIVE. For me also coin must be silver, gov&#039;t minted, low mintage, high grade . . . I personally love NATURALLY toned coins due to their beauty and uniqueness. I find a naturally and attractively toned Morgan Dollar that grades AU/UNC the most beautiful coin in the world. However I will only pay under $30 for raw coin so they take time to acquire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins I also love and believe in: Big, low mintage, spectacular, AU/UNC silver foreign coins; pre 58&#039; Canada dollars; trouble-free Barber Half Dollars that grade VG 10 or better with older hub [pre 09&#039;]; love UNC walking liberty half dollars, but unfortunately the affordable ones in the 40&#039;s have high mintages and are as common as dirt; trouble-free Canada silver maple leaf 1 oz bullion with mintages under 500k - keep in mind with low mintage bullion all of it grades mostly MS unlike circulated coins, so not as rare as the mintage would normally indicate.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I avoid: non-silver coins, small coins, rim damage, bad bust scratches, rolls, AT coins [or what appears AT], and coins that are just not altogether that attractive. That is of course personal. I think a nice mid-grade Barber Half a very attractive and masculine coin - however some hate the series, and find it boring.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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