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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8299614, member: 19463"]I believe it depends so much on the other factors (fads, discoveries, major collection purchases and distributions) that we can't expect a worthwhile number on any coin. You might get an average of some sort but I would expect a good size deviation from that center. Should we compare prices of coins in 1992 and today from dealers who did business both times or should we compare coins from 1992 beginners to 2022 beginners and major houses then and now? Like any statistical study, results can be skewed greatly by errors in approach. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just one from about a hundred I still have from 'the day':</p><p>I paid Joel Malter $100 for this in 1992. That was toward the end of his time as a big factor in the coin trade. Would it bring $200 today? Would that say as much about the coin as about how 'smart' or ''foolish' I was? If we did that with every coin any of us has from that period ('92-'93), what would it show? I won't be finding out. It is my bedtime. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468164[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8299614, member: 19463"]I believe it depends so much on the other factors (fads, discoveries, major collection purchases and distributions) that we can't expect a worthwhile number on any coin. You might get an average of some sort but I would expect a good size deviation from that center. Should we compare prices of coins in 1992 and today from dealers who did business both times or should we compare coins from 1992 beginners to 2022 beginners and major houses then and now? Like any statistical study, results can be skewed greatly by errors in approach. Just one from about a hundred I still have from 'the day': I paid Joel Malter $100 for this in 1992. That was toward the end of his time as a big factor in the coin trade. Would it bring $200 today? Would that say as much about the coin as about how 'smart' or ''foolish' I was? If we did that with every coin any of us has from that period ('92-'93), what would it show? I won't be finding out. It is my bedtime. [ATTACH=full]1468164[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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