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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4599680, member: 73489&quot;]Not familiar with the series or mint year, but I see that MS65&#039;s might sell for a few thousand dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doubt that because of the bullion angle, but purely numismatic coins like Barbers, Franklins, SLQ&#039;s, etc....I can see a long-term trend down for these over time.&nbsp; Some threads here and on CU detailing big price drops last 10 years or so.&nbsp; But I&#039;ll defer to experts who&#039;ve followed these series for decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to say...I certainly wouldn&#039;t INVEST in coins, even bullion, except with $$$ that you don&#039;t need now and don&#039;t care what they sell for in 10 or 20 or 30 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>For myself....I collect gold bullion and silver bullion, including commemoratives in high-grades (i.e., Mercanti Saint-Gaudens High Relief silvers; no gold&#039;s yet).&nbsp; I don&#039;t care if I am paying 100-200% premiums on the lower-priced stuff, I&#039;m just buying 1 or 2 or 3 of them, not dozens or hundreds.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #00b300"><b>For gold, I am more price-sensitive because it&#039;s much more expensive.</b></span>&nbsp; My main numismatic investments are <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Saint-Gaudens coins</span></b> because here you have bullion, quasi-numismatic, and pure numismatic (big premium to underlying bullion price).&nbsp; I feel that even though higher-priced that Saints will always have a bid.&nbsp; Ditto Morgan SD&#039;s, which I have a few of but much less $$$-wise.</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve debated the &quot;are there fewer coin collectors now than decades ago&quot;....no clear answers.&nbsp; Internet is a plus....larger population is too...but clearly much more distractions today than 30 years ago let alone 50-60 years ago when some of the vets here were in their teens.&nbsp; Unlikely that coin collecting becomes like stamps, but certain types of coins seem to have many fewer bidders today than years ago.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If that&#039;s the case...then stick with what you REALLY LIKE irrespective of price, or just stick with type coins that are likely to have a bid underneath even if the exact amount isn&#039;t known, as for with Saint-Gaudens and/or Morgan Silver Dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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