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<p>[QUOTE="kanga, post: 697919, member: 9270"]I agree based on the historical silver-to-gold ratio of about 15:1.</p><p>But there are alternative possibilities:</p><p>- gold is overvalued.</p><p>- or the more likely case, gold is overvalued AND silver is undervalued.</p><p> </p><p>Silver <b>IS</b> growing with respect to gold. That's easy enough to see.</p><p>I certainly don't have the background to make a definitive analysis and conclusion.</p><p>Therefore I personally can't invest in bullion of any type based upon my personal impression.</p><p> </p><p>But back to the OP's question.</p><p>They were asking about coin collecting as an investment, not bullion.</p><p>Better collectable coins have steadily increased over time, and I would expect that trend to continue.</p><p>But I don't believe the increase even beats inflation, never mind showing a significant profit.</p><p>Anomalies like 1980 can be ignored. I don't see that happening again.</p><p> </p><p>And one other observation. The hype about new significantly higher prices being realized for numismatic items are for high grade, rarer material.</p><p>That doesn't necessarily trickle down to the coins we can afford.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kanga, post: 697919, member: 9270"]I agree based on the historical silver-to-gold ratio of about 15:1. But there are alternative possibilities: - gold is overvalued. - or the more likely case, gold is overvalued AND silver is undervalued. Silver [B]IS[/B] growing with respect to gold. That's easy enough to see. I certainly don't have the background to make a definitive analysis and conclusion. Therefore I personally can't invest in bullion of any type based upon my personal impression. But back to the OP's question. They were asking about coin collecting as an investment, not bullion. Better collectable coins have steadily increased over time, and I would expect that trend to continue. But I don't believe the increase even beats inflation, never mind showing a significant profit. Anomalies like 1980 can be ignored. I don't see that happening again. And one other observation. The hype about new significantly higher prices being realized for numismatic items are for high grade, rarer material. That doesn't necessarily trickle down to the coins we can afford.[/QUOTE]
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