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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 3275778, member: 13650&quot;]Why are people so obsessed with this question?&nbsp; lol&nbsp; &nbsp; Most dealers have to sell at a profit to keep the lights on.&nbsp; You&#039;re paying for those lights in your purchase so if you want to turn around and sell, the next collector probably doesn&#039;t want to pay to keep your lights on.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One of my nicer, highly desirable coins is a 1932 gold Indian NGC MS64+.&nbsp;&nbsp; It cost me $1400 to get it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I thought about selling it one time and a dealer offered me $1k for it. (So they could turn around and sell it for $1400.)&nbsp;&nbsp; I said no thanks.&nbsp; Could get more for it on ebay but then you&#039;re losing 12% off the top there.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s picking a highly liquid coin IMO as an example.&nbsp;&nbsp; The percentages probably go down from there.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I look at my US type set as something to pass on to the kids once I&#039;m gone.&nbsp; Of all the things there are to inherit, most people won&#039;t turn down a coin collection.&nbsp; On the contrary, they are often fought over. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Or they fall in the hands of some idiot family member and get auctioned off for pennies on the dollar because people gotta get that money right now.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s no doubt they are a store of wealth but it comes at a cost of doing business unless depending on what you&#039;re into.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sometimes there&#039;s deals at auctions, sometimes not.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only way to really win the game is buy a loose coin from anywhere and submit to a TPG and have it be a much higher grade than you paid for it loose.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve won that game a couple times and lost many more times.&nbsp; Or, as someone else said, cherry pick desirable varieties which isn&#039;t easy either.&nbsp; &nbsp; Over a lifetime&nbsp; the average collector should see a few wins here and there.&nbsp; They probably won&#039;t offset the losses so you just gotta enjoy collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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