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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2883852, member: 112&quot;]Sometimes, stress sometimes, when people ask a question like that asked by the OP what they are talking about is the difference in price when the items are being sold by the mint. As a general rule, Proofs cost more than the corresponding business strike issue when you buy from the mint. So what people are asking is - is it worth it to pay that extra price ?</p><p><br /></p><p>They ask questions like this because they quite simply don&#039;t know, they don&#039;t understand the difference between Proofs and business strikes. What they are often thinking is they want to buy the coin, but they want to know which one is going to be worth more money in the years to come. </p><p><br /></p><p>For the most part all the responses made in this thread are accurate, but they don&#039;t really help a beginner very much because beginners don&#039;t understand just how complicated what they are asking really is. They don&#039;t understand that there are huge differences depending on exactly what you are talking about, old coins vs new coins, Proof vs business strike, the way the coin market works, mintage numbers, etc etc etc etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the OP asked - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect he doesn&#039;t realize that there are a hundred, probably more, different answers to that question. It all depends on specifically which individual coin he is asking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>So OP, what specific coin are you are asking about ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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