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<p>[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 196441, member: 3011"]I completely agree. If you are looking for an investment, and you like coins, about the best you can do is buy gold [and silver] bullion coins for close to melt value. There is an enormous variety to choose from. I also find many modern commemorative gold and silver coins that sell for close to melt value also, particularly the ones from the 1980s with relatively high mintages. All of these could simultaneously satisfy your collector's instinct while providing a reasonable chance of profiting from any rise in gold and silver bullion prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think a lot of the risk of investing in coins goes away when you stop purchasing coins with very large numismatic premiums over melt value. The bid/ask spreads are just too large to make money [reliably] from them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 196441, member: 3011"]I completely agree. If you are looking for an investment, and you like coins, about the best you can do is buy gold [and silver] bullion coins for close to melt value. There is an enormous variety to choose from. I also find many modern commemorative gold and silver coins that sell for close to melt value also, particularly the ones from the 1980s with relatively high mintages. All of these could simultaneously satisfy your collector's instinct while providing a reasonable chance of profiting from any rise in gold and silver bullion prices. I think a lot of the risk of investing in coins goes away when you stop purchasing coins with very large numismatic premiums over melt value. The bid/ask spreads are just too large to make money [reliably] from them.[/QUOTE]
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