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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 2463391, member: 31286&quot;]I would definitely say that the Mr. Shippee caught a good wave!&nbsp; He also held most of his coins for a long time - and most of them were coins that the average collector probably wouldn&#039;t be able to afford (example - I like older rare coins, but wouldn&#039;t be able to afford MS or even higher AU grades - that is unless I wanted a collection with only a few pieces - always possible I suppose). But regardless, it&#039;s really interesting to see which coins he made money on and which ones he lost money on. For example, his biggest loser was a 1907 Eagle (MS 62) purchased for $43,125 and sold for $12,225 less - a loss of 28%.&nbsp; His biggest winner was an 1804 Eagle in AU 58 that he bought for $18,418 and sold for $105,182!&nbsp; OMG!&nbsp;&nbsp; 571% gain!&nbsp; He held it for 8 years, so the market was really different in the 90&#039;s when he bought it, but still.....!&nbsp; He breaks out his financials by denomination, grade, length of time owned. It&#039;s really interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, one thing that World Colonial didn&#039;t mention is the possibility of inflation. Inflation, which we&#039;ve not had much of since the 90&#039;s is the commodity and debtor&#039;s friend and unlike the deflationary or low inflation times we&#039;ve had for the last 15 years or so, it makes all of your untitled goods more valuable compared to &quot;money&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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