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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cvicisso, post: 1352717, member: 29382&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; But...</p><p><br /></p><p>As medoraman mentions, this is a tricky thing to pull off.&nbsp; Part of the trouble is that the &#039;old&#039; numismatic stuff already has a premium and it&#039;s not likely to change dramatically, and the modern stuff isn&#039;t issued <i>for circulation</i>.&nbsp; Therefore - it is assumed to be nearly perfect from the start.&nbsp; It&#039;s quality can only go down.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine finding a 1921 MS-66 $20 Double Eagle offered for roughly spot today.&nbsp; (For reference: <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=1851013-001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=1851013-001" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=1851013-001</a>).&nbsp; My reaction would be euphoria.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now imagine finding a 2007 MS-68 Martha Washington gold spouse coin offered the same number of years later for roughly spot in the year 2098 (whatever the price of gold happens to be then).&nbsp; It would still be a killer deal, but because this was a commemorative and NEVER circulated, my first thought would probably be &quot;MS-68??!! Wow, what a dog.&nbsp; I wonder what&#039;s wrong with it?&nbsp; Of <i>course </i>I&#039;ll only pay spot for that.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern gold is expected to be perfect (and probably - to stay that way, because it either gets slabbed or stored... it never gets circulated like the old coins did).&nbsp; If you have the money (a LOT of money), and if you&#039;re young enough and don&#039;t die unexpectedly), you could probably play the game and make some big profits by buying modern gold as a numismatic play.&nbsp; But then you also have to also consider the opportunity cost of what you <i>could have </i>used that money for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ahhh... everything is about compromise....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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