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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 58940, member: 1476&quot;]Welcome to the Forum <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as investing in coins, the closest to a &quot;sure thing&quot;, is to buy coins for the bullion value, i.e. buying silver, gold, or platinum coins.&nbsp; If the coins never go up in value numismatically, they will still be worth their spot price/melt value.&nbsp; Even in this case, as you stated, its speculative, but less so than guessing what coin, year, grade etc. will go up and hold its value over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing by the price and description, your set may have been bought on HSN or another TV shopping channel.&nbsp; If so, you&#039;ve definitely paid too much.&nbsp; TV shopping channels are known for having markups almost 1/3 higher your average coin dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best advice I can give you before purchasing any more coins is READ READ READ.&nbsp; Its a often repeated phrase here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; A good place to start is by purchasing a copy of &quot;The Red Book 2005&quot; which sells for $15 or much less if you pick up a copy from ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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