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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1636708, member: 18157"]So the OP asks the question..."In 5-10 years, what will be the Sleeper coin of 2012". He doesn't actually provide definition of "sleeper coin", but I think most folks would take that to mean the coin that will appreciate the most over that period.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>LostDutchman </b>offered an opinion that the Alice Paul First Spouse coin would be a likely candidate. Of course, as you point out, none of us has a crystal ball so we can't say with certainty which opinion will prevail...it's just an educated guess base on past observations.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that all US minted gold coins with mintages less than 5,000 have done quite well "suggests" that US Minted gold coins with mintages less than 2,000 should do even better. Will that time frame be in 5-10 years? ...who knows? ...but the "probability" favors a nice appreciation once the series is complete. Series tend to gain in popularity once they are complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your argument that the demand for these coins will never increase and they are simply a passing fad like "Beanie Babies"...doesn't seem quite right to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1636708, member: 18157"]So the OP asks the question..."In 5-10 years, what will be the Sleeper coin of 2012". He doesn't actually provide definition of "sleeper coin", but I think most folks would take that to mean the coin that will appreciate the most over that period. [B]LostDutchman [/B]offered an opinion that the Alice Paul First Spouse coin would be a likely candidate. Of course, as you point out, none of us has a crystal ball so we can't say with certainty which opinion will prevail...it's just an educated guess base on past observations. The fact that all US minted gold coins with mintages less than 5,000 have done quite well "suggests" that US Minted gold coins with mintages less than 2,000 should do even better. Will that time frame be in 5-10 years? ...who knows? ...but the "probability" favors a nice appreciation once the series is complete. Series tend to gain in popularity once they are complete. Your argument that the demand for these coins will never increase and they are simply a passing fad like "Beanie Babies"...doesn't seem quite right to me.[/QUOTE]
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