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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 666874, member: 112"]Who knows what the future will hold. But history says otherwise. It is a fact that the numismatic value of bullion coins has done nothing but drop in recent years. The <u>only</u> increases there have been in the value of bullion coins has been 100% because of the increase in the price of the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slabbed bullion coins, yes even those slabbed as 70's, have dropped in price by at least 50% or more from what they once were. Slabbed ASE's for example that were once priced at $150 can now be bought all day long for $75 or less. Same for the AGE's and APE's. And bear in mind, these changes ot the downside ocurred long before the economy hit the skids.</p><p><br /></p><p>So either the market trend reverses, which is highly doubtful, or those who pay high prices for these slabbed coins are going to find out in the years to come that they have lost a lot of money paying for slabbed vesrions of these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 666874, member: 112"]Who knows what the future will hold. But history says otherwise. It is a fact that the numismatic value of bullion coins has done nothing but drop in recent years. The [U]only[/U] increases there have been in the value of bullion coins has been 100% because of the increase in the price of the metal. Slabbed bullion coins, yes even those slabbed as 70's, have dropped in price by at least 50% or more from what they once were. Slabbed ASE's for example that were once priced at $150 can now be bought all day long for $75 or less. Same for the AGE's and APE's. And bear in mind, these changes ot the downside ocurred long before the economy hit the skids. So either the market trend reverses, which is highly doubtful, or those who pay high prices for these slabbed coins are going to find out in the years to come that they have lost a lot of money paying for slabbed vesrions of these coins.[/QUOTE]
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