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<p>[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 60075, member: 3011"]I thought that since the title of this thread was "What to invest in" that the investment merits and demerits of coins was an acceptable line of discussion for this particular item. Anyway, I don't think anyone here has sought or provided investment advice in the conventional sense as much as casually discussing and guessing which coins we will be kicking ourselves in the future for not buying way back in 2005. </p><p><br /></p><p>There may be something "impure" about viewing coins as a vehicle to make or preserve wealth instead of something to lovingly collect, preserve and admire as history and art -- but that's just part of the game. The hobby is multi-dimentional, as is the US Mint itself being an institution to produce coinage for circulation in support of economic activity, and a profit center of the federal government. Every coin dealer in the country is trying to make a buck selling coins. It doesn't seem outrageous for the person on the other side of the transaction to attempt to do the same thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 60075, member: 3011"]I thought that since the title of this thread was "What to invest in" that the investment merits and demerits of coins was an acceptable line of discussion for this particular item. Anyway, I don't think anyone here has sought or provided investment advice in the conventional sense as much as casually discussing and guessing which coins we will be kicking ourselves in the future for not buying way back in 2005. There may be something "impure" about viewing coins as a vehicle to make or preserve wealth instead of something to lovingly collect, preserve and admire as history and art -- but that's just part of the game. The hobby is multi-dimentional, as is the US Mint itself being an institution to produce coinage for circulation in support of economic activity, and a profit center of the federal government. Every coin dealer in the country is trying to make a buck selling coins. It doesn't seem outrageous for the person on the other side of the transaction to attempt to do the same thing.[/QUOTE]
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