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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2071294, member: 73489&quot;]Hi West...I was in the same spot you were in only a bit over a year ago.&nbsp; I had been buying bullion coins for years, never had the slightest inkling in classic gold, and then the bug hit me.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s very easy to determine the common years that will sell for a small premium over gold bullion in MS-63 and lower.&nbsp; Just check a Red Book or any other pricing guide and see how the price drops as you go into the low-60&#039;s and below on the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>That was my strategy.</b>&nbsp; I have a few Saints and they are all MS-65 (you can see one from my avatar, the 1st one I bought). Remember, the premium goes up as you move from MS-63 to MS-65 and then it goes PARABOLIC as you go to MS-66 and MS-67, and that&#039;s for the commonest commons, let alone any even moderately hard coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You say potato......LOL <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s your money and your choice.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Generally, my preference has been to go with QUALITY as you may find it easier to sell a common in MS-65 or higher than a harder-to-get Saint in MS-62. </span></b> Many harder-to-get coins have as their main buyers serious collectors...and many have plenty of $$$...and so, they tend to go up a few notches in quality.&nbsp; Not true of all buyers, but at the extreme, if you told me you wanted to spend $3,000 on a Saint-Gaudens and could buy an MS-67 common year or an MS-62 or even an AU for a much rarer mint/date, I&#039;d choose the former. </p><p><br /></p><p>At least INITIALLY....down the road, I might go for the rarer coin/lower grade.&nbsp; I&#039;m not there yet myself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s like I&#039;m replying back to myself...my strategy, again.&nbsp; Since I am not working FT right now, I have added a few Morgans while awaiting more $$$ for Saints.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good advice above.....also check out the 1914-S which is a nice coin.&nbsp; The 1915-S and 1916-S are also nice, the latter being the last one until 1920 as production stopped once World War One heated up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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