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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1565234, member: 38849&quot;]I don&#039;t think so.&nbsp; Who&#039;s going to buy all that low-end material?&nbsp; The average guy won&#039;t -- he&#039;s trying to feed and clothe his family, buy gas, pay the utilities, and put in 60 hours instead of 25; there won&#039;t be a dime left over.&nbsp; The rich guys won&#039;t -- if they buy anything, it will be high-end material.&nbsp; They won&#039;t be buying PM, because there won&#039;t be any meaningful quantities around for sale, just a few dribs and drabs.&nbsp; The big auction houses might do very well for a while, until liquidity begins to dry up.</p><p><br /></p><p>The little guys are going to pile into websites like CraigsList (because it&#039;s free and it&#039;s primarily local) with giveaway prices, but there&#039;s nobody around to buy all those proof sets and albums of Jeffersons and MS-67 Kennedy halves and VG half dimes.&nbsp;&nbsp; For the most part, the coin market is going to stink, because most groups have (various) higher priorities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same for the stamp collectors, like me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Especially for the baseball card guys who need a fork lift to move their collection.&nbsp; Old ladies will burn Longaberger baskets to keep warm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read about the tribulations of Confederate money in the last six months of the Civil War...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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