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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 919985, member: 13650&quot;]I agree with the above mentioned quote.&nbsp; We&#039;ve pretty much been in a bad economy for a decade.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to tell what things will be worth if we ever manage to just get back to normal.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe the level of prices will play a role.&nbsp; I have several 70s myself.&nbsp; Mainly in commemoratives but a few others as well.&nbsp; I pick and choose what ones I&#039;m comfortable with, while others, I refuse to pay the premium.&nbsp; If you look around, some 70s aren&#039;t that bad.&nbsp;&nbsp; I got one popular low mintage, $5 gold commem NGC MS70, at a show just last year for less than what it&#039;s spot price is worth now.&nbsp; &nbsp; I picked up a 2008 ASE PF70 for $80 off ebay maybe a year and a half ago.&nbsp; &nbsp; There&#039;s deals and situations out there where you may as well get the top graded one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; On the other hand, a PF70 state quarter for 3 to $400 or a 2009 set of new Lincoln cent PF70s for $300 doesn&#039;t seem as appealing to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or worth it.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re simply too hyped at the moment.&nbsp; There&#039;s too many.&nbsp; I&#039;ll settle for my non-graded sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s plenty of stuff with huge premiums that have a lot of room to swing downward.&nbsp;&nbsp; While other coins have relatively small premiums for the highest grade.&nbsp;&nbsp; You have to think about what you&#039;re buying and weigh the risk. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; It&#039;s no different than monster toned coins.&nbsp; An equillibrium has to be met with supply vs. people capable of paying the asking prices.&nbsp; &nbsp; When prices get up into the thousands, <u>relatively</u> few people are willing or can be, buyers in that market, compared to buyers in the 50 to say 500 range. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If 1/4 of those people lose interest in a few years, there&#039;s a long way to fall.&nbsp;&nbsp; Much more risk, the higher dollar you go, IMO.&nbsp;&nbsp; It becomes wild speculation over what something should be worth.&nbsp; &nbsp; Just like the mortgage crisis.&nbsp; &nbsp; Nobody can or will take the time to tally up what all the 2x4s, shingles, carpet, windows, doors, labor ect. cost to build a house.&nbsp; In order to at least get a base line.&nbsp; What you&#039;d think should be critical to know, plays almost no roll at all.&nbsp; It&#039;s just factored in to the guess based on comparable homes.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Then you tack on the premium for location,neighborhood, etc., which is a wild unknown fueled by everybody&#039;s speculation.&nbsp; It&#039;s dollar value based on feelings at the time.&nbsp; Nothing more.&nbsp; No protection.&nbsp; This is why (formerly) hundreds of thousands worth of homes are being bulldozed in Detroit.&nbsp; Some to recoupe the land for aggriculture.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nobody wants to be there anymore and somebody got left holding the bag.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; It&#039;s plain and simple.&nbsp; The higher you go, the more there is to possibly loose, and the harder it is to gain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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