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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 330909, member: 4367&quot;]My whole (historical) gripe is the new (like the Doctor I mentioned in an earlier post) rich, clueless, new collector who has the deep pockets to drive coins to astronomical prices.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the magazine COINage the trend for coins has been tracked every month and it&#039;s nearly always green.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to see the overall percentage increase of coin sale prices over the past 30 or so years, yes I know PCGS has a graph and shows a more than 6,000% increase since 1970, but I&#039;m interested in only certain coins or types.&nbsp; But, when one goes the rest will eventually follow...</p><p><br /></p><p>I can pretty much guarantee this incredible upward spike came with the advent of the internet which opened doors like no other magazine special or telemarketing scheme.&nbsp; With all this cash trading hands there are naturally going to be &quot;services&quot; spring up and I&#039;ve got to be honest I suspect the altruistic intentions of these service providers began to change (soon after their inception and cash volume went thru the roof) from providing a reliable trustworthy service to lining their own pockets and figuering out new ways to generate more remunerable returns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark, I&#039;m impressed with some of your posts here and I have no doubt you&#039;re vastly more versed in the (Big Picture) coin market than I am.&nbsp; One which really caught my attention was you advising a member that the costs associated with having their dime graded outweighed the final value of such a graded item, Well Done :thumb:&nbsp; But, like anyplace where the public mingle, opinions are going to differ and everyone is entitled to their own...</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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