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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4412292, member: 73489&quot;]<b><i>But Panzer, I think you have to focus not only on the SUPPLY part of the market.&nbsp; You also have to focus on DEMAND.</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>That coin you cited is from a very interesting time period, that of the Holy Roman Empire.&nbsp; I remember how much I enjoyed reading about it in high school.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But I am not sure how many serious coin collectors value that period over the Roaring Twenties and Saints....at least U.S. collectors.&nbsp; Even globally, you may find a preference for recent (~ 100 years or so) coins rather than going back multiple centuries.&nbsp; And I say that as someone who&#039;s interest was piqued by you as I had never heard of this coin before. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think that the reduced supply of the AV Dukaten&#039;s certainly helps maintain pricing -- it&#039;s basic math.&nbsp; And it&#039;s easier to find &quot;strong hands&quot; for 5 coins than it is for 8,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m not sure I would use that particular coin, or those with such limited supply, to a coin with hundreds or thousands available.&nbsp; A better comparison might be to the 1907 UHR Saint, which trades so infrequently that it too is certainly in &quot;strong hands.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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