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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 183815, member: 6763&quot;]Ken:</p><p>&nbsp;welcome, and to answer your question, or at least some of them:</p><p>Investing in coins is risky, simply because people tend to go with the hot item of the day.&nbsp; If you purchase &#039;scarce&#039; coins you won&#039;t do badly. The problem is with modern &#039;condition rarities&#039; that are being bid thru the roof, examples are &#039;first strike&#039; MS-69 cents for $700 (or more) when an MS-65 is worth $1. A scarce coin, example the 1896 S Barber quarter is scarce, and a sudden roll of them entereing the market in gem unc is not likely to happen.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; A problem coin is priced that way for a reason, it has a problem. If you like it and want the piece for your collection, go for it. But, realize that just as you got if for a discount, when selling the piece it will go for a discount.</p><p>&nbsp; Ancient Roman coins are different, simply becasue they are ancients. You colectors are of a different breed and know the quality of 2,000 years of history. A buried coin that is &#039;discovered&#039; has a different value from a 1916 D Mercury dime that has been cleaned, especially since the Merc has a lot of other coins available that have not been cleaned.</p><p>&nbsp; Sorry for my rambling response, but I tried to answer to the best of my current feelings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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