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<p>[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 36404, member: 1886"]There is, IMO, a catch-22 in all this. Collectors have trouble parting with coins they love even for a profit which I believe may be true enough for many. I can't bring myself to sell a Seated dollar that has doubled in value within the last 2 or 3 years. But strict investors also don't have the instinct to understand what collectors may be interested in down the road. In the past, say 20 years ago, they could probably trust the old collecting habits/patterns of coin collectors. But I'm not so sure that's going to keep flying with the Internet and unlimited collecting options. If main stream collecting fragments into hundreds or thousands of "home-grown" topicals, I believe we collectors will still be happy, perhaps the happiest we've ever been, but investors are going to have some serious character-building opportunities in front of them. Maybe it will be we who pick their bones 20 years from now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 36404, member: 1886"]There is, IMO, a catch-22 in all this. Collectors have trouble parting with coins they love even for a profit which I believe may be true enough for many. I can't bring myself to sell a Seated dollar that has doubled in value within the last 2 or 3 years. But strict investors also don't have the instinct to understand what collectors may be interested in down the road. In the past, say 20 years ago, they could probably trust the old collecting habits/patterns of coin collectors. But I'm not so sure that's going to keep flying with the Internet and unlimited collecting options. If main stream collecting fragments into hundreds or thousands of "home-grown" topicals, I believe we collectors will still be happy, perhaps the happiest we've ever been, but investors are going to have some serious character-building opportunities in front of them. Maybe it will be we who pick their bones 20 years from now. :p[/QUOTE]
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