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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 5598298, member: 90692&quot;]I feel your pain.&nbsp; I began collecting in 1962, and a recent sale of melt silver resulted in a 19x increase in FV, or 95%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keeping this in context, it took 60 years holding it to get this gain, which, when you do the calculations, gave an <i><b>average </b></i> increase of .318 FV per year.&nbsp; This equated to an appreciation of less than 1 cent per year (.9645 cent) for (each coin) the whole batch of melt value coins.&nbsp; Doesn’t seem to be worth hanging onto for the time involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had sold it to my LCS I would have realized 10-15% <b><i>less.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><i><b>But, </b></i>I did sell the set to a fellow CT forum member for full melt...the actual value of the coins, determined by spot price...no more, no less.&nbsp; Now, he can gain through increased metal price, which is fluctuating normally right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>My takeaway is:&nbsp; I collected coins I thought would have more value by this time.&nbsp; It’s a huge lesson learned after 60 years. ...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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