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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3267348, member: 27832&quot;]There was a giant bubble in the coin market around 1990 (I think) because a bunch of people had the bright idea to put rare coins into retirement accounts.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS&#039; rare coin index chart is entertaining, although it&#039;s not the last word on the topic:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.pcgs.com/PCGSMedia/graphs/indexallgraph.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The spike in 1980 is from the Hunt brothers driving silver from a few bucks an ounce up to nearly $50. The spike in 1989 is from the IRA debacle. The rest of the fluctuations look small by comparison, but if you bought coins from this index in 2008 as an &quot;investment&quot;, you&#039;re down 20% or so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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