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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24620636, member: 110226&quot;]I agree with much that has been posted.&nbsp; Coin prices have skyrocketed in recent years, across areas of collecting: ancients, world and US, although I&#039;ve been out of the loop in that last area since the early 80s, but I assume this trend applies with US coins as well, if not more so.&nbsp; Premium coins and even coins in very nice condition are the focus, it appears, especially if they are encased in a slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a lot of money pursing coins as one haven to park some funds by the very wealthy.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never focused in my years of collecting on &quot;the finest known&quot;.&nbsp; No, my interest has always rested on coins that interest me historically and artistically.&nbsp; The vast number of coins that I have are mid-grade, and I wouldn&#039;t have it any other way.&nbsp; A coin is bought, I think, to enjoy and study, and as means to appreciate history and civilization, both the bad and beautiful sides.&nbsp; If the coin doesn&#039;t &quot;click&quot; at some level, I won&#039;t buy it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are still nice coins out there.&nbsp; There are lots and lots of e-auctions at any given time and venues such as VCoins and MA Shops have a good number of new coins every day just about.&nbsp; I think many are under the radar of the big spenders, and they offer a means to continue collecting nice and interesting coins in this period of mega hammer prices for coins that often do not merit such lofty prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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