Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1289122, member: 112"]In a nutshell, yes, definitely. More than anything it's the public's perception of any given coin that drives its value. Even this thread contributes to that perception. Take that article you linked to. If a thousand people read that, the only thing that 500 of them will remember about the '93-S Morgan is how much that article says it is worth. And they probably won't even remember the numbers, they'll just remember that is sounds like a lot to them. This is perception. Now multiply that article by a thousand, maybe 5,000 even, for that's how many articles and/or books will mention the '93-S. Then multiply that by 10,000 because that's how many people there will be that are told about the article by somebody who read it. That's how perception gets to be what it is. You want to know which coins are worth the most money, that's easy. Just look at which ones get the most press. You want to know which coins are actually more rare than the ones getting the press, that takes a bit of work. You actually have to study. And that's exactly why they aren't worth as much. Perception is everything, and it is created. And rarely is it genuine or deserved.[/QUOTE]