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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4173077, member: 27832"]Well, if you want to take the <i>really</i> morbid perspective:</p><ul> <li>There's a distinct possibility that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/coronavirus-expert-warns-infection-could-reach-60-of-worlds-population" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/coronavirus-expert-warns-infection-could-reach-60-of-worlds-population" rel="nofollow">the virus could infect more than 60% of the world's population</a>.</li> <li>Death rates <a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/" rel="nofollow">are quite low for younger patients, but rise sharply for the oldest</a>, up to 8% for 70-79-year-olds and 14.8% for 80+-year-olds.</li> <li>Many collectors accumulate coins throughout life, releasing them to the market only upon their deaths.</li> </ul><p>So, how much would the market be affected if 10% of older collectors (who've presumably had the most time to collect coins of their dreams) suddenly have their stuff appear on the market?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4173077, member: 27832"]Well, if you want to take the [I]really[/I] morbid perspective: [LIST] [*]There's a distinct possibility that [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/coronavirus-expert-warns-infection-could-reach-60-of-worlds-population']the virus could infect more than 60% of the world's population[/URL]. [*]Death rates [URL='https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/']are quite low for younger patients, but rise sharply for the oldest[/URL], up to 8% for 70-79-year-olds and 14.8% for 80+-year-olds. [*]Many collectors accumulate coins throughout life, releasing them to the market only upon their deaths. [/LIST] So, how much would the market be affected if 10% of older collectors (who've presumably had the most time to collect coins of their dreams) suddenly have their stuff appear on the market?[/QUOTE]
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