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<p>[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1362852, member: 22004"]10 or more years ago Doug Winter wrote an article in the CDN monthly on how to collect type III $20s, that mint state issues from 1878 to 1880 were true sleepers based on low mintages. They still have not awoken.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with these theories of undervalued coins and the experts who are trying to figure out when the hoards of people are going to come through the doors and spend $$$ that will drive the prices up is that those collectors or "investors" are capricious; they are just as likely to head for the exits if they believe they have been duped and are essentially bag-holders. The only way to make money in this racket is to buy cheap and sell high. Or get a coin upgraded or CAC'd and run it at auction where people start bidding like fools and I doubt most people can do that. Much less risk buying bullion. Hardly any readily available coin has outstripped gold and silver in the last ten years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1362852, member: 22004"]10 or more years ago Doug Winter wrote an article in the CDN monthly on how to collect type III $20s, that mint state issues from 1878 to 1880 were true sleepers based on low mintages. They still have not awoken. The problem with these theories of undervalued coins and the experts who are trying to figure out when the hoards of people are going to come through the doors and spend $$$ that will drive the prices up is that those collectors or "investors" are capricious; they are just as likely to head for the exits if they believe they have been duped and are essentially bag-holders. The only way to make money in this racket is to buy cheap and sell high. Or get a coin upgraded or CAC'd and run it at auction where people start bidding like fools and I doubt most people can do that. Much less risk buying bullion. Hardly any readily available coin has outstripped gold and silver in the last ten years.[/QUOTE]
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