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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 892605, member: 68&quot;]...post in haste</p><p><br /></p><p>I shoulkd have left this thread alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think a lot of people are buying 70&#039;s who really should be buying 69&#039;s or raw.&nbsp; It depends on the specific individual and the specific coins and their relative prices.&nbsp; Some people just have to have the best and there&#039;s nothing wrong with that.&nbsp; Some people can fully appreciate the value of the higher grade and can easily afford it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But the fact is that these do come extremely nice and many collectors have a lot of difficulty seeing the attributes which result in the highest grades.&nbsp; It simply doesn&#039;t make sense to spend a lot more on coins that are indiscernably different unless you are buying them for appreciation.&nbsp; This might not be a bad bet since as collectors mature more may be able to see the difference and the demand increase.&nbsp; More collectors might enter the hobby and put more stress on the lower supplies.&nbsp; But it is generally not wise to invest in any sort of collectible and this means coins too.&nbsp; Yes, most coin collectors take a flyer on&nbsp; a coin once in a while but generally collectors prefer to &quot;invest&quot; in coins they can buy at under market or something which they know market price is too low because of what they&#039;ve learned as a collector.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I usually advise people who have the access to coins to get out and look at the raw coins.&nbsp; Pick through dealer stock and select superior examples and make your own set.&nbsp; When it comes time to sell you&#039;ll quite possibly have to spend the money to get&nbsp; them graded but in the mean time you have the best of all worlds; highest quality, near lowest price, and you&#039;ve saved the grading fees.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>70&#039;s are great coins but you have to pay the price to have them.&nbsp; 69&#039;s are great coins too and often look ridiculously underpriced but raw coins tend to be even cheaper and often as nice as 69&#039;s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To each his own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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