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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3279980, member: 78244"]If you are feeling lucky, go spend a few years cherrypicking eBay for at least 2 hours a day and flip your purchases. This will earn you far more money than “investing” in coins for a longer term.</p><p><br /></p><p>If putting that effort does not float your boat, then buy AU-58 or above pre-1827 US coins with completely original surfaces and great eye appeal (straight-grade is NOT enough). The coins with the biggest dividends are top-notch AU-58 and MS-63 and above draped bust coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the investors have already realized this, and have already driven the price up. The bubble will burst eventually, the investors will leave once they realize that the returns are poor, and prices will plummet once the collectors retake control of the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Key dates have proven to be poor investments as their values are plummeting. Moderns are even worse investments. Rainbow-toned coins are at the top of their bubble. Much of classic gold is driven by gold spot.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point it, no one knows what the next bubble is. Many investors are speculating about sleepers like $3 golds and the like. My bet is on NGC-certified AU/MS ancient coins. Ancient coins have been doing well over the past decade, and investors are (unfortunately) just now discovering ancients. Slab-a-holics only consider those graded AU or MS because they are used to the high-end modern coins. I do not personally approve of treating such historic coins as a commodity, but slab addicts will never change their mentality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3279980, member: 78244"]If you are feeling lucky, go spend a few years cherrypicking eBay for at least 2 hours a day and flip your purchases. This will earn you far more money than “investing” in coins for a longer term. If putting that effort does not float your boat, then buy AU-58 or above pre-1827 US coins with completely original surfaces and great eye appeal (straight-grade is NOT enough). The coins with the biggest dividends are top-notch AU-58 and MS-63 and above draped bust coins. But the investors have already realized this, and have already driven the price up. The bubble will burst eventually, the investors will leave once they realize that the returns are poor, and prices will plummet once the collectors retake control of the market. Key dates have proven to be poor investments as their values are plummeting. Moderns are even worse investments. Rainbow-toned coins are at the top of their bubble. Much of classic gold is driven by gold spot. The point it, no one knows what the next bubble is. Many investors are speculating about sleepers like $3 golds and the like. My bet is on NGC-certified AU/MS ancient coins. Ancient coins have been doing well over the past decade, and investors are (unfortunately) just now discovering ancients. Slab-a-holics only consider those graded AU or MS because they are used to the high-end modern coins. I do not personally approve of treating such historic coins as a commodity, but slab addicts will never change their mentality.[/QUOTE]
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