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<p>[QUOTE="BR549, post: 977839, member: 7110"]This hobby (true coin collecting) is cyclic in nature. In the past 10 years the US Mint has flooded this hobby with collector coins sold by them at a premium and it is the secondary market who drives the economic factors. The ebb and flow has always been there, good times and bad...looks like it is a buyers market of late, the rare and coveted coins are still selling strong, the common collectibles not so well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Plug in US Coins into the e-bay search, 447,510 listing pop up…either lots of sellers that need money now, or our hobby is alive and well. I contend it has peaked and fallen off a bit, but still healthy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Collecting[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BR549, post: 977839, member: 7110"]This hobby (true coin collecting) is cyclic in nature. In the past 10 years the US Mint has flooded this hobby with collector coins sold by them at a premium and it is the secondary market who drives the economic factors. The ebb and flow has always been there, good times and bad...looks like it is a buyers market of late, the rare and coveted coins are still selling strong, the common collectibles not so well. Plug in US Coins into the e-bay search, 447,510 listing pop up…either lots of sellers that need money now, or our hobby is alive and well. I contend it has peaked and fallen off a bit, but still healthy. Happy Collecting[/QUOTE]
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