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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 916239, member: 9270&quot;]The &quot;monster&quot; I remember occurred in 1980.</p><p>It was caused in part by the Hunt brothers and their attempt to corner the silver market.</p><p>In early 1980 (March?) silver topped $50/oz.</p><p>The coin market was soaring right along with this.</p><p>Then in one week (or less) the bottom fell out and silver ended up at about $10/oz.</p><p>I had been back into coins for almost 10 years at that point.</p><p>I quickly departed numismatics and went back to philatelics.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I didn&#039;t return to coins until about 1991, so I missed the 1989 &quot;bump&quot;.</p><p>So I don&#039;t know about the grief it caused the market.</p><p>But I had a bit of catching-up to do.</p><p>Everyone was talking about &quot;slabs&quot; and I had no idea what they were.</p><p>I finally caught on.</p><p>Since then I&#039;ve been using most of my personal disposable income on coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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