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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;marid3, post: 1639506, member: 35968&quot;]Reading a lot lately, and my takeaway from some of these books, old and new, is that what&#039;s common likely always will be.&nbsp; In the case of wheaties, I personally think they&#039;re not such a good investment.</p><p>&nbsp;- they made LOTS of them</p><p>&nbsp;- there was lots of hoarding, collecting going on, especially in 60s and 70s, and lots of people have these (so the ratio of minted to survived is high)</p><p>&nbsp;- short term, if the one cent production ends, there may be a bump, but long term I suspect as today&#039;s collectors, who started with cents die off, the demand will fall</p><p>&nbsp;- transaction costs, as a percent (rate of return) will kill you on these (versus gold or silver, key-dates, etc) including shipping, tax, fees.</p><p>&nbsp;- only if production stops, and the price of copper skyrockets to offset the cost of smelting, and if the ban on melting is lifted, do I see upside on common wheaties (as rarity will increase slightly)</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s my $0.02</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s CW&#039;s thoughts - a recommended read - I&#039;d like to hear your thoughts after reading this:</p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/viewarticle/investment-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/viewarticle/investment-coins" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/articles/viewarticle/investment-coins</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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