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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1670744, member: 112"]The box of 20, or 40, works great until you get to the point that you have to sell one or two. And if you have sell one to buy one, then you soon have to do the same thing all over again. Or quit buying and be content with what you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is when you go to sell, you're not likely to get back what you put in. And with high end coins, those loss numbers tend to add up pretty dang quickly, and that soon gets old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you say you're going to sell your old stuff to fund the new stuff. OK, but that means your box, or at least part of it, is going to fill up pretty fast because you've got the money to spend. And human nature being what it is, you will spend it. That's gonna bring you to that point where the box is full even faster. Which makes it that much more likely that you will lose even more money on the sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I don't know what you call "nice US coins", but from you say it sounds like you are talking about low to mid 4 figure coins at the minimum, and perhaps even some high 4 figure coins, or more. But you don't really get bargains on those coins. Odds are you'll pay full retail and possibly even a multiple of full retail.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess short and sweet what I'm trying to tell you is - good luck with that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1670744, member: 112"]The box of 20, or 40, works great until you get to the point that you have to sell one or two. And if you have sell one to buy one, then you soon have to do the same thing all over again. Or quit buying and be content with what you have. Problem is when you go to sell, you're not likely to get back what you put in. And with high end coins, those loss numbers tend to add up pretty dang quickly, and that soon gets old. Now you say you're going to sell your old stuff to fund the new stuff. OK, but that means your box, or at least part of it, is going to fill up pretty fast because you've got the money to spend. And human nature being what it is, you will spend it. That's gonna bring you to that point where the box is full even faster. Which makes it that much more likely that you will lose even more money on the sales. Now I don't know what you call "nice US coins", but from you say it sounds like you are talking about low to mid 4 figure coins at the minimum, and perhaps even some high 4 figure coins, or more. But you don't really get bargains on those coins. Odds are you'll pay full retail and possibly even a multiple of full retail. I guess short and sweet what I'm trying to tell you is - good luck with that.[/QUOTE]
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