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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 870184, member: 15309"]My answer will be a little different than most. I pay a premium on almost everything I buy. The reason is that I only buy coins that have exceptional eye appeal. These coins are not available at greysheet bid and often times, toned coins will sell for multiples of wholesale prices. While I am primarily a Jefferson Nickel collector, I also am a rainbow toned type collector </p><p> </p><p>For those of you who think I am foolish for paying a premium for eye appeal, take a look at what happens when these types of coins are sold at auction. A good example is the recent San Franciso Commemorative Collection that sold for 5.6X the wholesale price.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t87452/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t87452/">The San Francisco Collection of Classic Commmemoratives/</a></p><p> </p><p>As for the fancy war nickels. Once you have one, I promise you won't go back to the $2 ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 870184, member: 15309"]My answer will be a little different than most. I pay a premium on almost everything I buy. The reason is that I only buy coins that have exceptional eye appeal. These coins are not available at greysheet bid and often times, toned coins will sell for multiples of wholesale prices. While I am primarily a Jefferson Nickel collector, I also am a rainbow toned type collector For those of you who think I am foolish for paying a premium for eye appeal, take a look at what happens when these types of coins are sold at auction. A good example is the recent San Franciso Commemorative Collection that sold for 5.6X the wholesale price. [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/t87452/"]The San Francisco Collection of Classic Commmemoratives/[/URL] As for the fancy war nickels. Once you have one, I promise you won't go back to the $2 ones.[/QUOTE]
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