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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3222588, member: 15588"]If you're looking to increase your investment by purchasing coins, just turn and run away right now. Coins are collectors' items and so completely dependent upon collector and market variations and preferences, not unlike the unpredictability of antiques and other collectibles. They do have the advantage of (usually) being worth at least their melt value, but selling a coin for melt is typically not a gratifying experience (unless melt happened to increase exponentially, which happens once in a great while).</p><p><br /></p><p>Given this advice, you may wonder why any of us on this forum even purchase coins. Sometimes I really don't know. I have severely limited my buying recently because, honestly, I'm not sure that I see the value anymore. But that's just me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the best thing to do would be to purchase a coin, not one that's too expensive but also not too common, and try to sell it for more than you paid for it. This will likely result in a sobering experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3222588, member: 15588"]If you're looking to increase your investment by purchasing coins, just turn and run away right now. Coins are collectors' items and so completely dependent upon collector and market variations and preferences, not unlike the unpredictability of antiques and other collectibles. They do have the advantage of (usually) being worth at least their melt value, but selling a coin for melt is typically not a gratifying experience (unless melt happened to increase exponentially, which happens once in a great while). Given this advice, you may wonder why any of us on this forum even purchase coins. Sometimes I really don't know. I have severely limited my buying recently because, honestly, I'm not sure that I see the value anymore. But that's just me. Perhaps the best thing to do would be to purchase a coin, not one that's too expensive but also not too common, and try to sell it for more than you paid for it. This will likely result in a sobering experience.[/QUOTE]
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