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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5483803, member: 110226&quot;]Over the past several years, there just been a ton of cash out there looking for a place to park.&nbsp; Putting money into an interest bearing account just doesn&#039;t work, with interest rates near 0%.&nbsp; There is the stock market, and much of its run-up can be traced to hyper low interest rates.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, coins, art, real estate and collectables in general have seen mostly significant price increases, as can be seen in auctions, but also in many private sales as well.&nbsp; Many folks with lots of cash put their money in coins that are slabbed, in particular, since they are deemed &quot;safe&quot; investments.&nbsp; They may not know a Peace dollar from an 8 reales or a tetradrachm, but that really isn&#039;t the point of this exercise for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t even be surprised if money is being laundered through these &quot;investments&quot; by some shady characters as well, but that&#039;s another story.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line, though, is that this is a great trend for those who have coins held for many years to sell or consign, especially coins that have a lot of appeal and/or rarity.&nbsp; This trend is not so benign for collectors with limited budgets who are attempting to acquire additional coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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