Month: December 2018

Five Coins That Returned a 3-Year 200% Profit That You Didn’t Buy

This is part of a series of blog posts I wrote for a coin collecting site circa ~2015 that seems to have disappeared off the Internet. Note any prices mentioned in this series are from 2015.

It can be tough to know if a new coin is going to perform well or not. It’s an exercise that’s half speculation and half divination. If you had the opportunity to obtain any of the following specimens but decided to pass, be prepared to groan when you see what you missed out on!

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Five Surprising Factors That Affect Precious Metal Prices

This is part of a series of blog posts I wrote for a coin collecting site circa ~2015 that seems to have disappeared off the Internet. Note any prices mentioned in this series are from 2015.

Sure, we all know that the political and economic climate affects the prices of silver, gold, and platinum. But we too often forget that precious metals are also a commodity in the first place. There’s a lot of markets outside of coin collecting that impacts the prices of coins. Sometimes two or more patterns even overlap to produce a chaotic result.

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Current Silver Mint Products Wrap-Up

This is part of a series of blog posts I wrote for a coin collecting site circa ~2015 that seems to have disappeared off the Internet. Note any prices mentioned in this series are from 2015.

Silver as an investment is starting to get some buzz again. The prices on many products at the US Mint lately have started to look very attractive. Sites like MoneyMorning.com are hinting that the market for precious metals is looking good now.

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5 Impossible to Find Copper Cents Coveted By Collectors

This is part of a series of blog posts I wrote for a coin collecting site circa ~2015 that seems to have disappeared off the Internet.

The humble penny seems like it shouldn’t be the subject of a quest. There’s dishes of them at every cash register, for heaven’s sake. And yet among the swimming multitudes of the little brown disks, there are those rare gems. The fact that these specimens are amongst the most mundane coin currently minted just makes the hunt all the more tantalizing.

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What The Confederate Flag Controversy Means To Coin Collectors

This is part of a series of blog posts I wrote for a coin collecting site circa ~2015 that seems to have disappeared off the Internet.

DISCLAIMER: The intention of this post will be to discuss the state of certain collectible coins which happen to bear controversial symbols. This is to be done while disregarding any political ideas for or against them. Hobbies such as coin collecting frequently run into this situation. Readers are advised to keep the debate on-topic in their comments.

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