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Message:: [QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1636587, member: 4626"]I guess the closest way I can sum it up is, my crystal ball is no better than yours or anyone else's lol... and buying coins on a wild guess that they may go up in the future isn't investing, it's gambling.  Like many mutual fund prospecti say in their disclaimer, "past performance is not a guarantee of future growth."  For me coin collecting is a hobby, not an investment, and I'll just buy what coins I like, not caring whether they go up in value or not.  If we all could accurately predict which coins will go up in value and which ones won't, we'd all be rich.  But hey if we knew which stocks would go up, what the price of gold will be in 10 years, and what the winning lottery numbers will be... anyway I think you get my point.  There's too many factors you can't account for to make any prediction better than throwing darts at a dartboard.  Sure you can try to see trends, but the problem is that any given coin is a unique case, and the fact the other coins with low mintages went up doesn't prove that any in 2012 will be the next big thing in a few years.  But hey if you have a better crystal ball than mine and can 100% for sure answer the OP's question, go ahead and let us in on it OK lol? And I'll end with this: "The advantage of having a pessimistic attitude is that you're always either being proven right, or pleasantly surprised."[/QUOTE]