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Message:: [QUOTE="HawkeEye, post: 3041926, member: 86305"]Actually I have a lot of understanding including local bank failures that bankrupted my paternal grandfather and ultimately led to his untimely death.  A father who walked the streets of Atlanta for months looking for work that did not exist.  And another grandfather who lost his business and returned to farming to put food on the table.  So yes I understand the Great Depression. But if you have ever read Studs Terkel's work called "Hard Times" not everyone felt the depression the same.  If you had a job and kept it then it was less onerous  because goods and services were cheap.  Economic downturns and depressions are rarely felt the same across the nation. I also had an interesting experience of settling two estates of cousins who were knee deep in the difficult times, but who also had relatives who fought in the war.  We found it surprising what they kept because of sentimental attachment regardless of value. My point is that someone who could afford a collectible coin during such difficult times would have been unlikely to have let it go at half price.  But that is my opinion and I certainly understand your point.[/QUOTE]