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<p>[QUOTE="covers, post: 66104, member: 3758"]No disrespect to the Corps or anybody. I think that all forms of "instant collectibles," like this stamp and coin set, should be avoided like the plague for anybody with an eye for investment potential. Great as a memento, etc. but a collector can not win the game in a market manipulated by the the major brokers in that kind of stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the brokers have cleared out the suckers in a few years and abandoned the artificial support, the balloon will burst and a normalized market based on collector supply and demand will determine fair market value. Maybe higher, maybe lower.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="covers, post: 66104, member: 3758"]No disrespect to the Corps or anybody. I think that all forms of "instant collectibles," like this stamp and coin set, should be avoided like the plague for anybody with an eye for investment potential. Great as a memento, etc. but a collector can not win the game in a market manipulated by the the major brokers in that kind of stuff. When the brokers have cleared out the suckers in a few years and abandoned the artificial support, the balloon will burst and a normalized market based on collector supply and demand will determine fair market value. Maybe higher, maybe lower.[/QUOTE]
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