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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2802642, member: 26302&quot;]Compare your same results with an investment in an S&amp;P index fund of the same timeframe. Since 1986 it is up over a factor of ten in that timeframe, not counting dividends. So only from capital appreciation the $8000 in 1986 would not be over $8,000, and most likely over $12,000 if the dividends were reinvested.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not even accounting for another huge factor. When people talk about prices in coins, they are talking about net retail price. Problem is, coins have a relatively very high transfer cost, i.e. they cost money to buy and sell them. Want to achieve &quot;retail&quot; price for the sVDB? You most likely will have to pay 20% commissions. So instead of $2350 today, you only receive $1880. This high buy/sell spread is another huge reason why collectible coins are not a preferred investment vehicle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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