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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2359906, member: 73489&quot;]I don&#039;t know about that, SD, I think they are considered numismatics but it&#039;s a smaller base of collectors than that for Morgans since the entry price even for plain generic common years in low-MS state is much higher than that for an entry-level MSD (<b>at least 20x higher</b>).</p><p><br /></p><p><u>There&#039;s less variation for Saints for each year (i.e., no PL or DMPL/DPL designations).&nbsp; Proofs are super-rare and expensive so you don&#039;t need to worry about them.&nbsp; Nothing even remotely close to VAM stuff (which is over my head anyway</u><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, the premiums to gold except for the super-expensive pieces are on the order of 50-500% for the most part, whereas for Morgan&#039;s its obviously much higher for many of the coins CT folks look at.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b35900">Like I said, for a generic or common Saint -- even on Ebay -- you don&#039;t see the price discrepancy I noted earlier on the Morgan&#039;s.</span></b> Unless something is CLEARLY misgraded (very rare) or has the &quot;+&quot; or CAC designation, the price seems to be about within 5% (let alone 10%) of CDN pricing or recent auctions.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s actual sales, not asking prices.&nbsp; I see some guy asking $2,800 for a plain 1924 Saint the last few months on Ebay and getting nowhere.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unless gold moves up $500 an ounce, he&#039;s not gonna get any action without cutting his/her price.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And unless something happens to the coin market in general or Saints in particular (like in 1989), you are going to see the prices pretty much track gold bullion.&nbsp; Gold goes up $200, the MS-65 commons will move, too.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #ff8000">But if gold is steady </span></b>and if there are no outside forces buying/selling in bulk generic commons or mildly-rare dates/mints, <b><span style="color: #0000ff">the prices are pretty stable month-to-month and year-to-year.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>At least that&#039;s been my experience since I started tracking it a few years ago and then did research further back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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