Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 106576, member: 669&quot;]IMHO saving unopened rolls, boxes, bags, or other containers of coins is neither coin collecting nor investing - it&#039;s just plain old fashioned gambling.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector, I want to be able to view, and even handle, my coins.&nbsp; I would get no joy from having a bunch of invisible coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an investor I want to own things with a genuine prospect of either producing significant income, or substantially increasing in value within a reasonable time frame.&nbsp; Among the myriad of books and seminars touting various means of finding and benefitting from those things, I&#039;ve never seen one that recommends saving stuff with little or no intrinsic value in the hope that someday it will be desired by a lot of people.&nbsp; Of course it turns out well sometimes, but percentage wise you are probably better off investing in some startup company doing things you don&#039;t understand in the hope of finding the next Microsoft. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>In many ways unopened rolls, etc., remind me of unopened wine bottles that sell for ridiculous amounts.&nbsp; People don&#039;t want to open them because they are too expensive to &quot;just drink&quot;, and when on some special occasion they do, it&#039;s not unusual to discover that all that money went to buy vinegar! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in