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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2358863, member: 73489&quot;]I have some articles that talk about it and actually created a thread on this at some other sites I belong to, JCP. <i><b><span style="color: #b30000"> If folks want to see the articles and commentary, I can replicate it here.</span></b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Short story: </span></b> it wasn&#039;t the Hunt&#039;s cornering the silver market (that was 1979-80), but a bubble/spike in generic coins (mostly Saints and Morgans) in 1988-1990 that was a result of two factors.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>First, the emergence of the TPGs.</b>&nbsp; By grading the coins, it led to greater assurance that you knew what you were buying AND a more liquid market.&nbsp; PCGS (1986) and NGC (1987) both commenced operations right before the spike.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Second, the belief that big Wall Street $$$ were going to come into the coin market </b>after the 1987 Stock Market Crash. A small amount came into the coin market in 1987-88 but a few big brokerage firms were said to be readying hundreds of millions to plow into coins.&nbsp; Dealers and collectors tried to jump their move and bought anything and everything of quality.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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