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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3020818, member: 27832&quot;]If you think that &quot;bullion is a good investment&quot;, talk to someone who bought it in 2011, or for that matter in 1979.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://silverprice.org/charts/history/silver_all_data_o_usd.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you think &quot;rare coins are a good investment&quot;, talk to someone who bought coins from the PCGS 3000 index of rare coins over the last 10 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.pcgs.com/PCGSMedia/graphs/indexallgraph.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that <i>neither of these charts are inflation-adjusted</i>. Even if your coins or bullion sell for the exact same dollar price as they did ten years ago, you&#039;re still losing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only way to <i>profit</i> consistently with coins <i>or</i> bullion is to buy at a discount and/or sell at a premium. For the most part, only dealers can do that, so only dealers can profit -- and that&#039;s assuming they make enough to cover their expenses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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