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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 8159107, member: 73489&quot;]I don&#039;t know the numbers for silver coin collectors vs. gold ones....but I do recall that with regards to Saints and Liberty gold coins:</p><ul> <li>There are several hundred to maybe 1,500 SERIOUS collectors who want all the issues of a coin (if possible) and want high quality, too.</li> <li>There are about 25,000 Type Collectors who want coins of various years and mints, sometimes in mint state or other top condition.</li> <li>There are hundreds of thousands of bullion investors who are OK accepting low-graded Saints and Liberty&#039;s as substitutes for gold bullion.</li> </ul><p>Because of the lower silver price, I think there are more of the 2nd and 3rd types of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>So.....given huge mint numbers for various silver coins...and given the large quantities in low-grades....I think those can be melted down without worry that we will regret it decades later.&nbsp; Besides, that would only happen if the price of the underlying metals were much higher meaning that all coins -- even crappy condition ones -- were valued highly by a much larger collecting base (like what happened in the 1970&#039;s).</u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><b>I don&#039;t see this as a repeat of the horrific 1933-37 gold coin melting which was a crime committed by FDR.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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