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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wesdavidson, post: 604704, member: 18646&quot;]Found a nice trade dollar last fall, according to Max Meil&#039;s (spelling ?)catalog (oh, I like his catalogs) from the 30&#039;s. It wasn&#039;t worth a dollar. We paid about $230.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Is this the kind of thing wou mean? Coins that will appreciate from very low to moderately high? </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I think that a collector who collects only to get big financial gains is getting real close to a ponzi scheme or pyramid. &quot;Exchange rates&quot; between modern coins and older coins move up and down all the time. Coin collectors should concentrate on what they like, otherwise it is just speculation. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I think the colonial era dutch, english and french coins, the lower grade pre civil war us coins, common cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Chain cents are hard to find, Duits are a little easier. and I love those old KG3 coppers, and tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 1909 to 1958 cents are already to about 5 to 10x face, the 58-2008 will begin climbing next. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; all of the pre 2000 nickel based coins. Silver coins are already at 10x face or more.. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The potential with rosies is &quot;worn Die&quot; varieties, missing letters and partial dates etc. they are hard to find full struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The washington quarters are like peace dollars, poor soft weak strikes on the back, The mint never did like detail on the eagle. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I like the pre euro coins, lots available, being melted fast, getting a set while I can.... </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; as folks move from filling a state set and work back, the 1964 up 25 cent is next, the pre 1964 25 cent is the logical extension. . </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; All of the clad hold up well in circulation. They tone nicely if left alone, they clean up nicely, so far as removing paint etc, and the eagle looks half worn out even when new. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a vf set of post 1964 should be quite reachable for any state collector used to paying near face value. A full set by date and mint in unc should&#039;t be expensive, even from mint sets, but if more move into this area, it could get interesting with certain dates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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