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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 751888, member: 13650&quot;]Excellent observation.&nbsp; Although I think there&#039;s too many variables in your last statement.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Very valuable coins&quot; as you put it that, (as I just stated in another thread), will see the most possible fluctuation and speculation because there&#039;s so much money involved.&nbsp;&nbsp; Along with fewer sales to go by and fewer available buyers.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Very few people own an S-VDB, 14-D or a 55 DD.&nbsp; &nbsp; So what does the chart prove?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; That it&#039;s hard to sell an average,&nbsp; typical $20 - $50 collector coin?&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#039;t think so.&nbsp; &nbsp; There&#039;s thousands of buyers.&nbsp;&nbsp; You want to sell a $2k penny?&nbsp; Ok, you might be waiting a while and you might get low balled severely if you need to sell it &#039;right now&#039; at this moment!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Which is why every time Doug brings these up, it seems like we&#039;re comparing apples and oranges.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will say the charts provide a more detailed and accurate illustration than we can provide.&nbsp; &nbsp; At least it&#039;s something real to look at and argue over.&nbsp; &nbsp; But I think the point it proves is limited....&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Not to mention, it would appear the people who were buying all throughout the 70s haven&#039;t been complaining at any point since.&nbsp; &nbsp; That entire decade was not a small window of opportunity.&nbsp;&nbsp; Who&#039;s to say this decade won&#039;t be the same?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Not that I see them as an investment but yes, I would (obviously) rather see an increase in value than a decrease if I had to pick!!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Lets also remember that 1970s dollars had &quot;a wee bit&quot; more buying power than 2009 dollars, before we get carried away and worry that the chart is going to come crashing back down to that level again.&nbsp;&nbsp; We also have over a 50% larger U.S. population now than 1970 which had to have some increase on demand since then.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you also factor in &#039;real&#039; inflation, the long term charts don&#039;t look nearly as bad to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; As in longterm.&nbsp; Not year to year.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Aside from the key date chart, the past 14 years have been relatively flat.&nbsp;&nbsp; To say the whole market is at the top of a huge spike right now seems very exaggerated, if we&#039;re going by these charts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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