<< <i>For starters, don’t worship population reports of certification services. Chances are good that for a high-mintage late 20th century coin, if only 10 examples are now certified as, say, MS-68, ten years from now many more will be certified. These figures always increase and never decrease. >>
LOL.
There are a lot of collectors who hope he's right that there will be a lot more graded in the future. You can judge the health of these markets by how fast the coins are being graded.
I can't remember seeing too many population drops in the old coins either.
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<< <i>For starters, don’t worship population reports of certification services. Chances are good that for a high-mintage late 20th century coin, if only 10 examples are now certified as, say, MS-68, ten years from now many more will be certified. These figures always increase and never decrease. >>
LOL.
There are a lot of collectors who hope he's right that there will be a lot more graded
in the future. You can judge the health of these markets by how fast the coins are
being graded.
I can't remember seeing too many population drops in the old coins either.
This sounds like clap trap.
<< <i>I have always enjoyed Dave Bowers' writing. This is great. >>
Ditto and I love the Morgan Redbook he published recently.
Bowers is the Numismatic Director for American Numismatic Rarities.
Morgan Dollar Aficionado & Vammer
Current Set: Morgan Hit List 40 VAM Set
You can't doubt the value of his experience.
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"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
"If it don't make $"
"It don't make cents""
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You can't doubt the value of his experience. >>
He certainly has a great deal of knowledge and experience with valuable and old coins.