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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2059296, member: 31533&quot;]I think if you are looking for what &quot;may&quot; be&nbsp; a good investment, you may want to start with the ms67 or 68 Ike dollars.... I say this not so much tongue in cheek, but Ike dollars seem to have a following that may get stronger. And yes, you do risk the market in that Ikes have not circulated as much as some other issues, so there may be a flood of Ikes into the market at some point. But I think that ones that are as high a grade as I suggest having will still be somewhat small.</p><p><br /></p><p>The people who I am noticing collecting Ikes are quite happy with these coins and recently I saw an Ike posted that really got my attention. Which means I am looking to see if I can find a Ike that is worth my while to own and be happy with. Will it hold value? I think yes... Will it increase enough to be an &#039;investment&#039;? Who knows, you don&#039;t have a crystal ball.... but I think that perhaps down the road, if you have enough other collectors interested in a quality coin, then perhaps it will increase and be, after the fact, considered a good investment to have made. You can only tell after the fact if it is a good investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>You always risk the market dropping out of any item you choose to &#039;invest&#039; in, whether it&#039;s real estate, coins, or some other commodity. What you need to determine yourself is who wants it enough to collect now, has it been historically a good item to collect/buy and keep for future value, and does it seem like it will still be that way in 5 or 10 or 20 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basic check is to say is this a beanie baby (cabbage patch doll/pet rock/etc.) thing that is a flash in the pan like for people, or is this something that will in the future be collectable? And you, in the end, can only base it on your ability to see that and your ability to have the means to purchase and hold the item and sell at the moment it has the best opportunity to have been an &#039;investment&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last word. Coins historically are not investment items. They are a hobby. But some people make money off them because their &#039;investment&#039; in their hobby has coincidentally merged with a good market for the item they collect and they have had the means to do so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Choosing to collect an item based on future worth is only as good as one&#039;s ability to see for themselves the future of that item. But it can be a crapshoot.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRLMXI-SxHEFjSQrCg-fxhuNAuiWh9Yy2xQLdF2ZftPA4hdvkHlA" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, perhaps you should get into a collection of large cents. As a numismatic item, I think they are as good an investment as you can get. Just buy quality and don&#039;t pay a lot for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reasoning, is that I think they should at least hold their value as there are collectors who are filling out a collection and who, over time, try to upgrade the quality of their collection, so it seems like a fluid market to me, and one that historically has been a good one. *caveat*.... I have not compared the increase in prices (profit) of these coins vs. a profit one can make in stocks, bonds, or other current normal means of investments, nor have I taken into account the change in price vs. cost of living increases and changes in dollar buying power, etc. Perhaps in looking at that any coin you can sell for an investment may be a poor choice in that you have lost in relationship to the rest of what could have been done with the money. So again. Hobby. Investment is tricky and not determinable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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