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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 807841, member: 8012&quot;]Coins = Investment&nbsp; ---&nbsp; That does not compute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite frankly, there are a couple of reasons that coins are a popular venue for &quot;investors&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; There are the &quot;background&quot; influences....&nbsp; The cartoon images of seeing a guy sitting on a pile of gold coins, counting and examing them.&nbsp; When I was little (60&#039;s) - having my uncles and grandparents giving me Silver Dollars as if they were imbued with some speicial powers.&nbsp; (Actually that may be true&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; )</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; They have VALUE - especially if they are minted in Silver or Gold.&nbsp; And maybe in the near future Copper and Zinc.&nbsp; These are not beanie babies or baseball cards.&nbsp; There is SOME intrinsic value in what we are collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of it&#039;s true, some of it is bunk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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