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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 980524, member: 68&quot;]Yeah, I know but people are&nbsp; so quick to dismiss this stuff that they often forget and use all encompassing terms. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&nbsp; Really don&#039;t believe that it&#039;s a foregone conclusion that these recent issues that are made in high grade must not have a lasting value in &quot;perfect&quot; condition.&nbsp; There can&#039;t be anything inherently wrong with collecting perfect coins so there can&#039;t be a certainty that they&#039;ll lose their premiums.&nbsp; A&nbsp; lot of people are having fun with this stuff and I know that some know what they&#039;re doing.&nbsp; I think this is really all the defense they really need.</p><p><br /></p><p>This being said anyone buying this should be doing it only for pleasure.&nbsp; Investing in any collectible is highly risky and these are no exception.&nbsp; Anyone paying large premiums should be aware of what they can sell these for.&nbsp; This, too, is true for all coins since it&#039;s only when we sell that we learn what coins are really worth rather than what the dealers or sellers say.&nbsp; This is especially important for perfect coins and most moderns since none of these markets is mature or widespread.&nbsp; Collectors are well advised to know what these&nbsp; coins look like raw.&nbsp; You might find that cherry picking raw coins is far less expensive and more satisfying.&nbsp; And of course no one should pay a premium for any coin unless he knows and can see for himself the basis for that premium.&nbsp; There is a difference between MS-69&nbsp; and MS-70 but if you can&#039;t see it then buy the lower grade.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>No, I don&#039;t collect much of this yet but when I do you can bet I&#039;ll follow these general guidelines.&nbsp; It&#039;s&nbsp; easy to understand why people are expecting these to plummet and burn since they are often offered for sale&nbsp; by less than wholly reputable sale as an &quot;investment&quot;.&nbsp; Coins offered as investments have always&nbsp; had the very worst track record unless you get in early.&nbsp; But the fact is that these are growing markets even if they might not be able to keep up with increasing supply as mint practices improve.&nbsp; There are&nbsp; real collectors even if a lot of them are beginners.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s fully justified to warn people about any money they put at risk but I do believe there are now and always have been riskier choices.&nbsp; I wish everyone good luck especialloy with the coins they&#039;ve bought primarily because they appeared too cheap.&nbsp; We don&#039;t really need much luck with the coins we bought for enjoyment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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