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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 23279, member: 68&quot;]Investment is kind of a dirty word around here and it doesn&#039;t really need to be.&nbsp; Extreme caution is advised since prices can soar and plummet and remain unchanged for generations.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have always been fascinated with coinage since I was a toddler and first understood the concept of money.&nbsp; It is intriguing that coins can randomly pass from one person to the next and are always accumulating the wear and marks that say so much about where they&#039;ve been.&nbsp; It was distressing when the coins were removed from circulation to be replaced by identical and &quot;worthless&quot; slugs which had almost no individuality in either production or wear.&nbsp; It was worse when it became obvious that even old clads would show up in circulation in brand new condition.&nbsp; There was an article in the Chicago Tribune in 1972 that said the mint was going to start rotating their stocks of coins as part of a switch to new accounting methods.&nbsp; This was when I started investing in coins.&nbsp; Oh sure, I did a little collecting with these coins even back then but most of my collecting in those days was confined to more traditional series like indians and large cents.&nbsp; Over the years of investing in the clads I discovered their many charms and put a great deal more effort into collecting them and somewhat less into investing in them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The point being that it&#039;s very difficult to remain a pure collector or a pure investor.&nbsp; Whichever you are it is wise to select coins that fit both parameters as well as possible and to remember that as you and/ or the coins evolve, there may well be changes in how you view your activity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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