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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 741656, member: 66&quot;]And the PCGS3000 is down 67% since 1989, and down almost 7% this year.&nbsp; Over the past three years it IS up, by 3%.&nbsp; Over the past 10 years the rate of return has been about 2.5% so it hasn&#039;t been keeping up with inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the MS grading scale didn&#039;t really come into use until 1970 so the data from 1970 to 79 is all speculative, and the slabbing didn&#039;t come along by PCGS til 1986 so the data from 79 to 86 is also somewhat questionable.&nbsp; So if you look at the PCGS3000 just during the period PCGS has been around and which therefor has the most accurate data, you are just about at break even after 23 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A 5% per annum ROI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh And I didn&#039;t see any mention of the 28% capital gains tax you pay on your profit from coins.&nbsp; So the after tax annual rate of return on that set of barber halvess was 4%[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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