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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1398188, member: 112"]Oh they spend the bucks for them alright, have been doing so for years. R & I has been around for a long time. The question is, how many other people are there out there that will spend that same amount money for a given coin - or more ? </p><p><br /></p><p>You have to realize, a large percentage of the coins that R & I sells go to registry collectors. The company carved out that niche for themselves to cater to those customers and they filled it quite well. </p><p><br /></p><p>But how many other dealers do you see that do that ? Yeah, there's a few, but not many. And that right there provides a pretty good indication of how many buyers for such coins there are - again not that many.</p><p><br /></p><p>So just like with selling any collection, it's a matter of timing. If there are no or few buyers for what you have at the time you sell, then you are going to lose money. But if you get lucky and there just happens to be several people out there wanting to play the same game that you played, then you might make money.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's all a crap shoot, always has been. But in this particular niche market the odds against you are a lot higher than in the regular coin market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1398188, member: 112"]Oh they spend the bucks for them alright, have been doing so for years. R & I has been around for a long time. The question is, how many other people are there out there that will spend that same amount money for a given coin - or more ? You have to realize, a large percentage of the coins that R & I sells go to registry collectors. The company carved out that niche for themselves to cater to those customers and they filled it quite well. But how many other dealers do you see that do that ? Yeah, there's a few, but not many. And that right there provides a pretty good indication of how many buyers for such coins there are - again not that many. So just like with selling any collection, it's a matter of timing. If there are no or few buyers for what you have at the time you sell, then you are going to lose money. But if you get lucky and there just happens to be several people out there wanting to play the same game that you played, then you might make money. It's all a crap shoot, always has been. But in this particular niche market the odds against you are a lot higher than in the regular coin market.[/QUOTE]
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