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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3495598, member: 22377"]People pay extra for certain labels for a number of reasons (some already mentioned). The ones I can think of:</p><p><br /></p><p>*Uniformity (want everything to look the same in their collection)</p><p><br /></p><p>*Hype/marketing (people believe the sales pitch that certain labels are rare/could be worth more at some point)</p><p><br /></p><p>*Misinformation (some-not many though-might still think that a "first strike" means the coin was an early strike as opposed to the reality: it was certified during a certain window and wasn't necessarily struck earlier than a non-first strike label)</p><p><br /></p><p>*Flipping (since some people are willing to pay for first strikes, others get into the market to flip these labels to those that collect them)</p><p><br /></p><p>*Just because (some just like them-and that's fine if you go into the purchase aware of what you are buying)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for you [USER=90979]@GUNNER63736[/USER] , as long as you are collecting the coin and enjoying it-don't worry what design the label has.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3495598, member: 22377"]People pay extra for certain labels for a number of reasons (some already mentioned). The ones I can think of: *Uniformity (want everything to look the same in their collection) *Hype/marketing (people believe the sales pitch that certain labels are rare/could be worth more at some point) *Misinformation (some-not many though-might still think that a "first strike" means the coin was an early strike as opposed to the reality: it was certified during a certain window and wasn't necessarily struck earlier than a non-first strike label) *Flipping (since some people are willing to pay for first strikes, others get into the market to flip these labels to those that collect them) *Just because (some just like them-and that's fine if you go into the purchase aware of what you are buying) As for you [USER=90979]@GUNNER63736[/USER] , as long as you are collecting the coin and enjoying it-don't worry what design the label has.[/QUOTE]
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