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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1276011, member: 66"]Actually you treat it like a company, the coin stays in a bank vault somewhere and each person gets a digital image and a "stock certificate" showing how many shares of the coin he owns. People can buy and sell their shares and annually a vote can be taken on whether or not to sell the coin. One vote per share. (Or it could be set up in the original offering that the coin will be liquidated after a set time period.) When the coin is sold then the sale price is divided by the number of shares and each person gets that amount times the number of shares he owns.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other details that would have to be worked out (who handles the sale, tracks the ownership of the shares, handles the disbursement, and what compensation that person will receive among other things.) but you get the general idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>This allows you to own at least part of a rarity such as this. Something that most of us could never aspire to. It also lest you potentially benefit from the increase in the value of such a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could you see this happening with other major rarities and a numismatic "stock market" coming into existence where the shares in rare coins are traded?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1276011, member: 66"]Actually you treat it like a company, the coin stays in a bank vault somewhere and each person gets a digital image and a "stock certificate" showing how many shares of the coin he owns. People can buy and sell their shares and annually a vote can be taken on whether or not to sell the coin. One vote per share. (Or it could be set up in the original offering that the coin will be liquidated after a set time period.) When the coin is sold then the sale price is divided by the number of shares and each person gets that amount times the number of shares he owns. There are other details that would have to be worked out (who handles the sale, tracks the ownership of the shares, handles the disbursement, and what compensation that person will receive among other things.) but you get the general idea. This allows you to own at least part of a rarity such as this. Something that most of us could never aspire to. It also lest you potentially benefit from the increase in the value of such a coin. Could you see this happening with other major rarities and a numismatic "stock market" coming into existence where the shares in rare coins are traded?[/QUOTE]
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