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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1235906, member: 26030&quot;]I have gone back and forth on the First Spouse series and I actually own a fair number, almost all in the&nbsp; Liberty subset (2 Jefferson&#039;s, 2 Jackson&#039;s, 11 Van Buren&#039;s, 1 Buchannen); however I generally think of these as bullion coins with a slight chance there could be a rarity premium many years from now (however I am not convinced of that).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]132034.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A few general thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I think the concept is pretty awful, nobody cares about the wives of presidents, I know I don&#039;t (Sarah Polk?&nbsp; Are you kidding me?)</p><p><br /></p><p>2. I like the Liberty subset because it uses old U.S. coin designs, which i&nbsp; think could help (at least a little bit) with collector demand</p><p><br /></p><p>3. If gold continues to rise, it will greatly reduce the number of people that will try to collect the whole set (as it&#039;s just too expensive for most). I think there are (already) very FEW F.S. set collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Some of the low mintage coins could get a premium in the future. Just look at the Jackie Robinson $5 Gold coin in UNC condition.&nbsp; So it&#039;s certainly in the realm of possibility, however I am not holding my breath!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So bottom line for me is I think of my first spouse coins as just bullion with a potential kicker down the road.&nbsp; I paid between $660 and $700 for most of mine, so I already have a profit, since just the gold content is worth over $800 with current gold prices.&nbsp; Will these ever get a huge premium (2x, 3x, etc) attached?&nbsp; I sort of doubt it, but who knows, stranger things have happened.&nbsp; I think one of the most limiting factors will be collector demand as most people just don&#039;t care about this series and even fewer can afford it (at least that is my impression).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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