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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 196657, member: 705&quot;]But then that kills the idea for him to see how good the price guides are....if the guides say that his coins are worth $5k and he only has $2k in the coins then the time to sell is NOW---true, down the road it could be more---but it could be less...the modern coin market has taken a beating and isn&#039;t at the place it was a few years ago.</p><p>If the coin price guides are right then he has made an easy $3k....who is going to start taking bets on if the guides are right or if he has paid normal price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with the guys above---some the greatest things you can learn about coins can ONLY be learned through selling.</p><p>I used to always think that I would never sell any of my collection--then the time came that I needed some money and I started to sell some coins and I learned ALOT about the market and how it works. I&#039;ve learned that just because the price guides says $50 for such and such a coin, and if you only pay $5 there is more than likely a reason--and that reason might be that no one is interested in that coin....you might have to hold it years....</p><p>Since selling I&#039;ve gone new directions with my collecting---I&#039;ve met goals...and I&#039;ve made money and I&#039;ve lost money---but I would never trade what I&#039;ve learned from selling coins for anything.</p><p>Alot of people look at price guides and when the prices don&#039;t move from one month to the next they think that it means the market is stable--that might not be the case.</p><p>Go to shows---go to auctions---and best of all, set up at a coin show and buy and sell and trade coins and you will see what coins are &quot;good coins to buy&quot; and what ones could put a dealer out of business.</p><p>I set up at a show and took some Junk Silver Morgan dollars---a guy offered to trade 6 ASE for 6 Morgan Dollars---I said ok because I like ASE alot more than Morgan Dollars---I didn&#039;t have the ASE 5 min. but that another guy standing there said how much you want for the ASE...I said that I wasn&#039;t sure I was going to sell them and he offers me $15-$20 each.....needless to say I sold.</p><p>I had some Mint Sets there and I didn&#039;t sell a one---</p><p>You know what this tells me---the price guides don&#039;t show much if any changes in the prices of the ASE....and most of the time they only change it when Bullion changes....but I&#039;ve seen ASE go from $7 each to $15-$20 each.....</p><p>On price guides it shows some movement on Mint Sets---heck...don&#039;t I wish.....</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess maybe I&#039;m blowing alot of hot air here---and I&#039;m sorry--but I think I&#039;m trying to say that the BEST knowledge that a collector can gain is through selling coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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