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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2499768, member: 76863"]If the argument is that uncertainty and slow economic times threaten the resale value of his purchase you actually have it backwards what coins would be threatened. Buyers for his coin never have to work another day in their life, whether or not times are great or there is a depression they are rich and short of horrible decision making will always be rich. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those 500 pound coins you would buy would be the coins whose resale is threatened and impacted by the economy. The average person is the person most impacted by the times and they are the buyer base for mid three figure coins generally speaking. When their spending money dries up or is threatened the market dies or only supports large discounts on coins the middle class collects. Trying to move a 1000 of those in tough times will result in pennies on the dollar for many of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>While there is no guarantee he will make money or even break even whenever he decides to sell his buyer base is completely unaffected by any economic conditions short of a world war breaking out. He just needs more than one person to be interested and can certainly afford to wait anything out to pick the right time to sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2499768, member: 76863"]If the argument is that uncertainty and slow economic times threaten the resale value of his purchase you actually have it backwards what coins would be threatened. Buyers for his coin never have to work another day in their life, whether or not times are great or there is a depression they are rich and short of horrible decision making will always be rich. Those 500 pound coins you would buy would be the coins whose resale is threatened and impacted by the economy. The average person is the person most impacted by the times and they are the buyer base for mid three figure coins generally speaking. When their spending money dries up or is threatened the market dies or only supports large discounts on coins the middle class collects. Trying to move a 1000 of those in tough times will result in pennies on the dollar for many of them. While there is no guarantee he will make money or even break even whenever he decides to sell his buyer base is completely unaffected by any economic conditions short of a world war breaking out. He just needs more than one person to be interested and can certainly afford to wait anything out to pick the right time to sell.[/QUOTE]
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