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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1885532, member: 38849&quot;]But duk, you&#039;re missing the point, sort of.&nbsp; Here is an area where a Buyer can reduce risk; tools, autos, whatever, are a whole different situation.&nbsp; You reduce your risk by not paying outlandish premiums for common bullion coins that happen to be extra nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Worst case, you...will...lose...that...premium at the other end.&nbsp; Tools, cars, etc., have a fundamental utilitarian value; bullion coins don&#039;t.&nbsp; The collector is either a numismatist or a stacker, one or the other.&nbsp; The two flavors are somewhat incompatible.&nbsp; The numismatist weighs the decision between MS63 and MS65, for instance.&nbsp; The stacker buys the cheapest gold or silver he can find, especially in a convenient and recognizable form.&nbsp; Nothing a stacker buys is ever graded or slabbed.&nbsp; As soon as the numismatist decides to avoid bullion-ish coins, then grading comes into play.&nbsp; Buta couple years after hyperinflation sets in (if it does), then the rare coin market shrinks drastically.&nbsp; The average person like you and me can&#039;t affrd to &quot;buy coins&quot; -- there are too many other necessities to buy first.&nbsp; No one will be buying AU Mercs to upgrade their set.&nbsp; No one will be buying proof sets to sit and gaze at.&nbsp; If these things come along in the course of ordinary commerce, you might keep them for nostalgia, unless the kids need shoes or the family&#039;s tired of macaroni and powdered government cheese.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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