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<p>[QUOTE="alyssacoins, post: 2170574, member: 74021"]The modern coins, which are in the millions fluctuate with the price of silver is not the way I went. I like the older US coins, Graded if you can this way you need not to worry if they have been cleaned/polished or fake. They have a history to them and the better struck coins will usually with stand the price drops of silver - some dates and mint marks will continue to increase even when the price of silver drops. If you decide on raw coins, which I really, really like - my advice is to educate yourself on how to identify cleaned/polished, and fake coins because e-bay is flooded with them. I'm not much of an e-bayer because of that, unless you can trust the seller - I like to physically handle the coin. It is easier to identify cleaned/polished, and fakes and not purchase than it is to return. Also, as you get educated you won't be fooled that NGC and PCGS are the only qualified third party grading companies and you'll be able to build yourself a nice collection. I think the bars are considered ingrets (?), I've seen them in collections and carry a nice piece of history - but don't know nuch about them to elaborate. Hope I helped.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="alyssacoins, post: 2170574, member: 74021"]The modern coins, which are in the millions fluctuate with the price of silver is not the way I went. I like the older US coins, Graded if you can this way you need not to worry if they have been cleaned/polished or fake. They have a history to them and the better struck coins will usually with stand the price drops of silver - some dates and mint marks will continue to increase even when the price of silver drops. If you decide on raw coins, which I really, really like - my advice is to educate yourself on how to identify cleaned/polished, and fake coins because e-bay is flooded with them. I'm not much of an e-bayer because of that, unless you can trust the seller - I like to physically handle the coin. It is easier to identify cleaned/polished, and fakes and not purchase than it is to return. Also, as you get educated you won't be fooled that NGC and PCGS are the only qualified third party grading companies and you'll be able to build yourself a nice collection. I think the bars are considered ingrets (?), I've seen them in collections and carry a nice piece of history - but don't know nuch about them to elaborate. Hope I helped.[/QUOTE]
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