Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26767366, member: 101855&quot;]As a coin collector, I&#039;m thinking <b>GOOD! </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I will be giving a presentation at Summer FUN about the $20 gold piece. The sad part is with the price of gold at $5,000+, most collectors can&#039;t afford to buy even a couple of type coins. At the same time, with the wholesale bids flat from EF-40 to as high as MS-64, there is good chance that many old collector coins are going to go to the melting pot. Once they are gone, they are gone; there is no bringing them back. Gold will never be as cheap as it was, but at least this might take some pressure off the melting pot angle. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even with CAC stickers, I see certified $20 gold pieces in decent grades like MS-62 priced close to the spot price. Those coins might be more interesting to the speculators than a boring gold bar. At least one can hope. </p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, big old gold bars are boring. Back with the <i>SS Central America</i> gold recovery bars were on the market, a bunch of them were melted down and turned into &quot;restrike California gold pieces&quot; because no one was buying them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in