Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6446907, member: 73489&quot;]<b><span style="color: #b30000">Story on the SS Central America:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;The marketing for this group of double eagles (as well as a large number of massive ingots and gold bars) was masterful and <b>hundreds of serious collectors were created.</b> The prevailing thought was that if someone entered the market as an investor and bought a nice 1857-S double eagle from the shipwreck, by providing him with massive amounts of research and history it would be possible to create many new collectors whose interest would extend to other dates from the wreck (1855-S and 1856-S) and then onto various other issues.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>For me, the SS Central America DID spur me back into coin collecting even though I didn&#039;t buy one of the coins.&nbsp; For my cousin who actually DID buy a 1/4 or 1/2 Eagle (can&#039;t remember), it didn&#039;t.&nbsp; He&#039;s bought bullion over the years but no numismatic coins or other SSCA&#039;s.[/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