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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1558938, member: 41665&quot;]Full-weight, high-mintage coins in extra-fine condition, HIGH GRADE stuff. Beyond what you can reasonably sell today a dealer for a dollar or more over intrinsic, anything less is JUNK: just not worth your time to &quot;collect.&quot; Now&#039;s the time <i>to start </i>trading up, get the very best quality and rarest of whatever, IMO. (Or buy junk silver at scrap rates, not a penny more.) Why? In the USA, coin-collecting is becoming a regional and generational demographic. You really don&#039;t need to wonder if the next generation (in Bz, India, China) will want to collect your worn US silver coinage: assuredly, they won&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might be a heretic here, but the US numismatic racket is dying. Even reasonable &#039;collectibles&#039; are tanking right now - that&#039;s the established trend, as Boomers liquidate to survive. (Older, out-of-print books&#039; values are also plummeting - resale buyers offer 15% what they think they can get. And to think how VALUABLE personal libraries once were!) As I see here how folks are <i>actually burning gas </i>to hit banks and scavenge through dozens of coin rolls for that last thin dime, OH GAWD IT&#039;S PEAKED. btw, those are the same geezers who bought Beanie Babies &quot;as an investment&quot; back in the late 1990s: follow them I will not. </p><p><a href="http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/1508/banking_with_beanies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/1508/banking_with_beanies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/1508/banking_with_beanies.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Attention Junk Collectors: yer crud is worthless.</p><p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_113722.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_113722.html" rel="nofollow">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_113722.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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