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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 682845, member: 18157"]I've got a few of the Scott Travers books on buying and selling coins for profit. I think he would agree with you 100%. I don't think I'll see a significant return on these coins for at least 10 years after the end of the series...or 2025. That's quite a long time to have money tied up. In the mean time, I fully expect there to be a bubble in gold that will burst at some point. It's entirely possible that some of these coins will sell for less than the issue price at some point...further supporting the argument to wait and scoop these up on the rebound. Another point to consider is..."What makes a series popular?". After the series is complete, how will collectors view this series? How will they collect them? This may be a tough series for collectors to get their arms around...they're not like Lincoln pennies or Mercury Dimes. These coins don't have the historical significance of the older gold coins that actually circulated. In 1972, I bought an uncirculated 1916-d Mercury dime for $800. I saved my paper route money for an entire year to buy it. It's a raw coin, but I would grade it a good MS-64 non-FB. I don't think I'll ever see a return like that in the FS series. I can sit here all day and come up with reasons not to collect the FS coins...but, like an idiot, I'm pressing on with the collection.[/QUOTE]