Is modern commemorative gold ready to take off?

291fifth

After having spent the last 10 years completely ignoring modern US gold commemoratives I recently started collecting them. With the exception of the 1984-W Olympics $10, the Statue of Liberty, Constitiution, 1988 Olympics and Congressional $5 coins the issues all seem to have some scarcity. With more and more of these commems being slabbed I am of the feeling that this is one modern area that could really take off. Demand here would actually be based on the type coins themselves. A few registry set types would want the MS/PR 70's but I think this market would not be "top pop" based. Any thoughts?

nwcs

I don't think it'll take off. It's tied very closely to the price of gold. Although some of the gold designs are attractive. I think when more people get exposed to them, you'll see a bit more interest. But commemoratives, in general, have never hit the highs that other series have. There are exceptions, of course.

Cam40

perhaps for the fact they are minted in such low numbers the scarcity factor would seem to play into
the notion of very collectible.
if and when these gold commems `take-off` there would only be a handfull of players chasing these
coins in all three grades. 68,69,and 70.

this reminds me to buy one if nothing more than a good type coin for modern proof gold commemoratives.

MacCoin

what we pay for commems they should all be 70. I like a lot of the commems but would never pay to have one graded.

bigbadchad777

They are ready to BLA$T OFF!