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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2991624, member: 27832"]As you say, you know the provenance of these coins, so you know they're unlikely to be fake. The problem comes when you try to sell them, and the buyer has only your word (and their own knowledge) to go on. There are scary fakes out there, and they do seem to be getting better in spurts, but we aren't at the point of collapse yet. It's not clear that we ever will be. You're in the same position as everybody who deals with a market, be it collectibles, stocks, or something else. You don't know which way the market will go, and by the time a threat (or opportunity) becomes clear to most participants, the market price has already adjusted for it. If having the coins makes you happy, keep them. If having them makes you unhappy -- because you're worried that the market will tank, or because you're tired of tripping over them -- you should sell them now, and put the money somewhere that does make you happy. Only my opinion, of course.[/QUOTE]