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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 52443, member: 68&quot;]I suppose we&#039;ll just have to disagree on whether or not a modern is historical or not.&nbsp; Or whether anyone important has ever held it or even if that ultimately even matters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It would seem though that if one is looking for coins which may have been used by famous people which have acquired the &quot;patina of history&quot; then one can find much more of this and at much lower prices among ancients and much older world coins.&nbsp; How about a coin that might have been in Newton&#039;s pocket when he came up with the idea of the calculus?&nbsp; Or a golden coin of Alexander the Great which might have actually been used by the king himself?&nbsp; How about an ancient silver piece which might have been paid to Judas for his treachery?&nbsp; Or the copper coins whose images were tranferred to the Shroud of Turin whenever it was made?&nbsp; Now that&#039;s patina.&nbsp; Such coins can be found for pennies while millions of modern day American collectors clamor for rare dates of coins which exoist in relative abundance and are willing to pay millions of dollars in some cases.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps everything has an air of tulip mania to it, but one who pays $10 for a roll of the new buffalo nickel made in the millions is taking far less of a financial chance than the collector who plunks down a few million for an old federal coin just because it&#039;s the going rate.&nbsp; Yes, obviously the buffalo nickels probably have&nbsp; less chance of maintaining their value but if people are to ever behave completely rationally which would you rather have your money in?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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