I have lost money on every coin i have ever purchased.

hehe, thank you. But I will loose some money, eventually, as I start buying items

What I wonder is: Is it possible to make both (collect and get profit)? Maybe, if you build a good collection, you could end up selling it for more money than you spent. But I don't think you could buy a car from the difference

Another option is waiting years until the collection value goes up. I'm pretty sure most coins get their price higher with time. But you have to wait a lot, no less than 30 years I guess. To make some difference.

 

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Understandable, but if such magical places existed and everyone shared them on a very general and public coin forum, one of these places would not survive long, would it? That said, there are dealer networks, but not everyone can pop in and buy for very good reason.

It's really not that difficult to make money in coins, and it should be that much easier for one with the necessary knowledge who does not collect. I do not believe that anyone was being overly negative, but when you insist that you do have said knowledge and skill, yet still lose money on every coin over a five year period; clearly something is wrong with your business plan even though you seemingly refuse to accept this.

 

Making money off the hobby is a question asked many times on CT and has just as many answers as questions. Collecting implies acquiring something you like and that has meaning for you. This will superceed any hope of profit for a collector. To make money, you could have a personal collection and one for profit, or you could just collect from pocket change and bank withdrawals. Many people do this and post their finds here. Don't expect to make a living at it though.

 

If all these suggestions don't offer an acceptable answer to your questions after 203 posts, there still will be no answer after 406 posts either.

 

I totally agree with you. Maybe you could make some money for investing in your own collection, that's all.

 

That's why I bought 2 2012 silver proof sets, wish I had bought 10.