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Message:: [QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 4651172, member: 28550"]If you're looking to maintain value and avoid high premiums, I would lean towards XF & AU gold instead of MS. Many can be had just over melt. $10 gold pieces  in particular seem to be trading with minimal markups right now in those grades. While the very highest grades have seen steady appreciation over the last 20-30 years, that's no guarantee of future performance. It's reasonable to ask where the deep pocket coin investors will be coming from in 30-50 years, when you're in a position to sell. Will they be interested in key date Carson City half eagles? Or will today's unloved coins (ie; proof sets that dealers wont ecen waste storage space on or mint grade Presidential & Sacagawea dollars) be the "hot" item? I'm in my 30s, and (beyond what I enjoy for interest & artistry's sake) I'm focusing on where I expect value growth and where scarcity will act to preserve buying power (US territorial rarities like the US Philippines proof only issues & world platinum/palladium coinage). I also see what happened to the stamp collecting community as a cautuonary tale. If collectors don't focus on passing down their interests to the next generation, there will be no market to sell to down the road.[/QUOTE]