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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 61818, member: 3011&quot;]If part of the goal is to make it easier for your children to realize the future value of your investment, I&#039;d go with the Morgan.&nbsp; It will be easier to find buyers for this popular series to compete for the coin, so the kids may (may, not will) get a better price on a quick sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I think both coins are collectors&#039; coins, not investment coins.&nbsp; My opinion (don&#039;t mistake any of this for fact, or fall into the trap of believing that it is true, even though I believe it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) is that to be an investment, a coin has to meet one or more of the following criteria.&nbsp; Sometimes you can satisfy one, sometimes all three:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It should sell reasonably close to the face or melt value of gold or silver, so you have inflation working in your favor.</p><p>2. It should be presently unpopular, but have some characteristic of rarity or condition that might make it more popular in the future (i.e., it is currently overlooked).</p><p>3. It should sell below the price of similar coins or far below its own historical highest price level (i.e., it is temporarily depressed).</p><p><br /></p><p>There may be more.&nbsp; Otherwise, you need to have almost psychic powers to determine which coins will sell at huge premiums to current prices. Some long time collectors may have so much coin knowledge embedded in their genes that they have this power.&nbsp; I sure don&#039;t have it so I stick with coins that qualify under 1-2-3 above.&nbsp; Most likely, knowledgeable collectors will financially outperform investors because of their deep insight and love for the hobby that can never be overcome by the pure desire to make a buck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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