POLL: How much pleasure do you REALLY get out of owning your coins?

MrEureka

Let's try to measure it in dollars and cents. Here's how:

Let's work on the assumption that we KNOW that coin prices are going to be completely unchanged for the next ten years.

If you buy coins today, you'll enjoy them starting NOW.

If you buy the coins in ten years, you'll earn investment income for ten years and then get to buy the coins at the same price.

For most of us, if the investment income is high enough, it pays to wait for ten years. The question is "How much would you need to earn on your money to justify waiting ten years to buy your coins?"

Coinosaurus

Let's see now....if I know that junk silver and gold coins will be unchanged, that means that I can make TONS of money going short on precious metals. Probably enough in one year to buy all the coins I was waiting for

Lakesammman

Voted much more. The coins I like may not be available in 10 years and then I'd really be pi$$sed.

PutTogether

7 percent is the magic ten year compound interest number. thats where I draw the line.

zkcoins

<< <i>Voted much more. The coins I like may not be available in 10 years and then I'd really be pi$$sed. >>

Steve27

I collect coins mainly because of the history and art, so 1% appreciation would be fine.

BAJJERFAN

Well there is no guarantee that I will have the funds for or the interest in coins 10 years hence. If I can wait 10 years to buy em I can wait another 10 years on top of that which means at my age I would probly never buy another.

nwcs

Much more than 12%. This collector is one part research with one part impulse buying.