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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2694064, member: 27832&quot;]I said &quot;lost nearly all their <i>value</i>&quot;. You said &quot;lost nearly all their <i>gains</i> [accumulated since 2004]&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were unlucky enough to buy at the <i>very peak</i> of the market, that &quot;coin portfolio&quot; has lost about 2/3 of its <i>value</i>. (And if you bought at the <i>peak</i>, it <i>never had </i>any &quot;gains&quot;.)</p><p><br /></p><p>To look at the big graph another way, unless you bought into the portfolio between 1987 and 1991, you&#039;re down less than 25%, in terms of the <i>value</i> of your holdings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think perhaps &quot;gains&quot; are the wrong thing to focus on -- unless you&#039;re buying and selling coins on margin, in which case I&#039;ll be smiling and nodding as I back away from you as quickly as I possibly can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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