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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 340251, member: 66"]1850's large cent in Fine   75 cents.  From 47 to 2008 at 6% = $26.25  2008 redbook = $22 1840's centin Fine  $1.25  47 to 2008 at 6% = $43.75  2008 redbook = $22 Unc at $3.50  at 6% = $122.50  red book = $150 1828 in Fine $1.00  at 6% = $35  redbook = $30 1812 in Good $1.00  at 6% = $35  redbook = $40 1812 in Fine $4.00  at 6% = $140  redbook = $200 1798 in Good $1.50  at 6% = $52.50  redbook = $70 1798 in Fine $5.00  at 6% = $175  redbook = $200 total  $18 in 1947  at 6% = $629.50  redbook total  $734.  So you made about an extra $100 buying the coins, but it took you 60 years to do it.  (Oh and that assumes no losses from dealers wanting to buy at wholesale  or ebay fees etc when you sell them off.  Once you take them out I doubt if your investment looks even this good.) Something to remember about the prices in that book.  Those are a dealers rip off buying prices, not an actual reflection of true market values at the time.  So fo a fair investment comparison you would have to compare the gain from those prices to what one of these fly-by-night guys who sets up in a hotell for three days would offer you for the coins.[/QUOTE]