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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 7540434, member: 84179"]I believe that most of the sales of MD on sites like eBay are to new collectors who do not understand how they occur. With the proliferation of "get rich from pocket change" you tubers, who rarely take they time to explain WHY certain coins are valuable, new collectors only see the word "Doubled". I would highly doubt that an experienced collector who understands the minting process would say to themself, " I'm going to start purchasing MD coins for my collection"</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, where are the "Wanted to buy" offers for MD coins? If there was an established base of serious collectors, wouldn't you expect dealers to be interested in purchasing for resale. No, these are being sold by people who find them in change and hope they can make a buck from the uninformed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those are my thoughts on the subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 7540434, member: 84179"]I believe that most of the sales of MD on sites like eBay are to new collectors who do not understand how they occur. With the proliferation of "get rich from pocket change" you tubers, who rarely take they time to explain WHY certain coins are valuable, new collectors only see the word "Doubled". I would highly doubt that an experienced collector who understands the minting process would say to themself, " I'm going to start purchasing MD coins for my collection" Also, where are the "Wanted to buy" offers for MD coins? If there was an established base of serious collectors, wouldn't you expect dealers to be interested in purchasing for resale. No, these are being sold by people who find them in change and hope they can make a buck from the uninformed. Those are my thoughts on the subject.[/QUOTE]
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