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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 337325, member: 4626&quot;]Don&#039;t want to enter a political discussion here, but it&#039;s been my observation that those who favor the current administratyion always seem to push optimistic ideas about the economy, while those who don&#039;t push a more pessimistic view.&nbsp; You see this especially near an election... those who favor the current president being re-elected (or the presidency passing to the same party) tend to be more optimistic than those who don&#039;t.&nbsp; It&#039;s not hard to see why the mainstream media is trying to make a lot out of the alleged recession.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reality is somewhere in the middle most likely... whether in a recession or not, there are always pockets of the economy doing well, doing poorly, or somewhere in the middle.&nbsp; Currently there&#039;s a lot of positive economic indicators, and a lot of negative ones.&nbsp; By the time economists come to an agreement of whether or not we&#039;re in a recession, it&#039;spropbably going to be over anyway (if there is one).&nbsp; It&#039;s incontrovertible that the housing and mortgage market is not doing well, but whether that&#039;s a reliable indicator of the economy as a whole is debateable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the main topic at hand... rare coins are always rare, for example they&#039;re not making any more 1916-D mercury dimes.&nbsp; Rarities in the long run, and in the short run for that mattter, will always go up.&nbsp; Any coin containing gold is a safe bet to go up even if only worth melt... gold always goes up in the long run as it&#039;s a popular hedge against inflation... if anything economic uncertainty is actually a good thing for gold values, as it increases the demand on gold when people are less certain about the stability of other investments when the economy looks shaky.&nbsp; Common coins not containing precious medal will probably not change all that much... may go down a little if demand drops... but I wouldn&#039;t expect any huge fluctuations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I&#039;m a collector of coins, not an investor, if anything I wouldn&#039;t mind seeing some coin values go down so I can afford to buy more of them.&nbsp; If you&#039;re investor I&#039;d say gold coins, rare coins, or rare gold coins, is pretty safe, otherwise you&#039;re just guessing anyway.&nbsp; If the recession, if there actually is one, is driving coin prices down, may be a good oppotunity, but my crystal ball isn&#039;t any better than anyone else&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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