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<p>[QUOTE="QuintupleSovereign, post: 3275545, member: 94957"]I had a similar experience, except that I switched from US to world coins. In many cases, I've found some amazing coins with tiny mintages by US standards (i.e. commemorative 2 kroner coins from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, Mexico silver 50 centavos, etc.) and have been able to get some nearly complete sets that way. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, long term, I'm concerned about the durability of the values of the low-grade US material, even for semi-key and key dates. I pray that I'm wrong, but I just don't see the collector base regenerating itself fast enough to replace boomers who are selling out or passing away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="QuintupleSovereign, post: 3275545, member: 94957"]I had a similar experience, except that I switched from US to world coins. In many cases, I've found some amazing coins with tiny mintages by US standards (i.e. commemorative 2 kroner coins from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, Mexico silver 50 centavos, etc.) and have been able to get some nearly complete sets that way. Also, long term, I'm concerned about the durability of the values of the low-grade US material, even for semi-key and key dates. I pray that I'm wrong, but I just don't see the collector base regenerating itself fast enough to replace boomers who are selling out or passing away.[/QUOTE]
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