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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 656157, member: 13650&quot;]GD,&nbsp; it would appear that all your albums are foreign coins.&nbsp; That is what you were interested and attracted to.&nbsp; Non-U.S.&nbsp; And they are very nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Would it be a fair assessment to say that it is likely the re-sale was not what you thought it could be because of lack of demand and interest in foreign coins compared to U.S. coins?&nbsp;&nbsp; Right or wrong, it is a discrepancy that exists and is not quite the same as comparing someone who maybe bought a MS-66 CC Morgan 50 years ago.&nbsp; &nbsp; Even U.S. coins go through phases where one series will be wildly popular for short time periods.&nbsp; And that is NOT when you want to be buying.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Where did you sell the collections?&nbsp; Hopefully not to dealers where you will surely loose your shirt.&nbsp; Did you use online auctions to advertise to a world wide audience for maximum exposure?&nbsp; Was it a good time to sell in hindsight?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot of factors that seem like they have not been presented here and may be misleading to some.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;m somewhat getting into Civil war era paper money.&nbsp; It&#039;s a very unique market.&nbsp;&nbsp; While I&#039;m sure there are quite a few people who collect it, in comparison with U.S. coins, the number of people who are interested is probably very small and I would not anticipate making much on re-sale of them if I ever did decide to sell. </p><p>&nbsp; They aren&#039;t as popular as Morgan dollars are to people.&nbsp; But it&#039;s something I&#039;ve found an interest in and I don&#039;t care what they would sell for some day.&nbsp; They&#039;re not for sale.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve never sold a coin yet and don&#039;t intend to for a long time (if ever) so I don&#039;t have a track record to compare.</p><p>&nbsp;FWIW, I anticipate the bullion value alone in a lot of my stuff will surpass the numismatic prices I&#039;ve paid.&nbsp; Time will tell.&nbsp;&nbsp; To say we&#039;re economically in uncharted waters I believe is a huge understatement.&nbsp; The recent past (the last 50 years) I don&#039;t think will be a good indicator to go by for the next 50 years.&nbsp; I would venture to say not even close.&nbsp; But, time will tell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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