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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1879103, member: 112"]But that's just it, there really isn't significant demand. There never has been for commems. Regardless of mintage, scarcity of surviving examples, or anything else - the market will always tell you what is going on. You want a 1909-S VDB in MS65 ? You can go buy 10 of them on any day you choose. You'll pay a small fortune, but you can buy them any day you want. That's the market talking to you, telling you what is going on. The question is, do you know what it's saying ? It's telling you the coins are common, but there is a big demand, they are popular, and because of that they are expensive. Modern commems, or classic commems for that matter, you can go buy 10 of them any day you want, and they won't cost you all that much. That's the market telling you what is going on too. And what it's telling you is that you'd probably be best off not buying 10 of them. And then people say what if ? OK, what if ? Look at history, history answers what ifs. Classic commems, some of them are soon gonna be a 100 years old. And they have been the dogs of the numismatic market since they came out. That's the market telling you what is going on. And what will probably go on tomorrow as well. That's the answer to what ifs.[/QUOTE]