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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 26613989, member: 27832&quot;]Nobody wants to give up the premiums they paid when they bought the pieces, but nobody&#039;s going to <i>get</i> comparable premiums if they&#039;re trying to sell right now. So I imagine it comes down to finding a motivated seller. Probably plenty of people who figure &quot;yeah, I paid $700 for this half eagle when melt was $350, but $1100 is still a nice profit.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually bought a (harshly cleaned) 1911-D half eagle near spot (something less than $400) a number of years back. I shopped it around over the following year or so, even sent it to ICG to get it slabbed as genuine. The best offer I got was about $300 over melt, and I decided it was worth more than that. With that good old <i>hindsight</i>, I should&#039;ve taken that offer, and put it toward more &quot;junk gold&quot; close to spot. Oh, well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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