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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2304253, member: 24314&quot;]At my last show (beginning of Dec.) bullion was the hot item.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for commemoratives, it is a great series that goes hot and cold.&nbsp; As you said, cold right now.&nbsp; I think the newer collectors are going after/more interested in the moderns at the moment.&nbsp; IMO a YOUNG collector won&#039;t go wrong purchasing the expensive, and very low mintage modern coins; forgetting about the rest.&nbsp; But that&#039;s not a collector and what&#039;s the fun of doing that until you &quot;cash in&quot; the profits years from now.&nbsp; At the moment many of the common gold issues are trading/selling around melt!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I like the old ones too.&nbsp; Much better artistry.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they got greedy and issued several types for years at different Mints.&nbsp; One of each makes a better looking collection that is not weighed down by BTW, Texas, etc.&nbsp; That&#039;s a type set of course.&nbsp; Before the TPGS, it was hard to find a frosty, white, original coin in this series.&nbsp; Practically every coin was cleaned.&nbsp; The most beautiful group I ever saw (except for toned coins) was a hoard of &quot;blast white/CC dollar color&quot; coins all slabbed at Leon&#039;s Silvertown table. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interesting (?) story.&nbsp; A curator at the Smithsonian (deceased) who was forming a U.S. Type set gave me his rational: Who wants to look at/show off a collection of virtually identical coins (Morgan&#039;s was the coin he used) to a non-collector.&nbsp; After the first blush of interest....&nbsp; On the other hand, wit a Type Set, folks are amazed that our country produced the 3c silver and that there actually was a 2c piece coin besides an opinion.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For just that reason and the fact that the collector may find a series he/she really likes as a type and specialize, I recommended to a lady on one forum that she start her husband on a type set.&nbsp; She went with Peace dollars <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> a good choice that he could actually complete in high grades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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