Exonumia values keep rising... How are your Coins doing?

Broadstruck

Some areas within exonumia in the last 5-10 years have steadily risen 400-500% in value.

Do you own any coins which have appreciated the same having held them for the same period of time?

If so post yours

Off the top of my head I think I only own one purchased a decade ago...

Boosibri

100%, maybe my 1847-O $5 or rare Civil War dated gold, 400-500%, nope.

Coinstartled

One would need an upgrade or two for that type of performance.

291fifth

Have they risen 4-500% when it comes time to sell or have margins on that type of material increased?

topstuf

Have all 11 exonumia collectors experienced that same rate of appreciation?

thebeav

Nice looking '11 D eagle, by the way !

Outhaul

Exonumia values will not continue to rise as I have now begun to collect in this area. To the contrary, they will go down like a one-legged man doing the hokey-pokey. You will not see another rise until I divest myself of my collection...at a considerable loss, of course.

Cheers and Happy New Year!

Bob

Broadstruck

@291fifth said:
Have they risen 4-500% when it comes time to sell or have margins on that type of material increased?

I'm talking auction hammer prices as I finally had a chance to view Steve Hayden's completed sales prices of exonumia from his December auction. There's a lot that's now selling for 4-5 times what it was fetching 5-10 years ago. Some series are on fire in just the last couple years which used to just collect dust as they had no collector base.

Broadstruck

@topstuf said:
Have all 11 exonumia collectors experienced that same rate of appreciation?

I'll have you know there's always been at least a minimum of 12 of us!

ricko

@Broadstruck ... that is a very attractive '11D $10 gold piece.... Might be the picture, but the luster almost glows....Cheers, RickO

BillJones

I don't have any coins that have done as well as the exonumia prices that you cite. I have quite a large collection of exonumia in addition to the coins. Perhaps that will bail me out when it comes time to sell.

SCDHunter

@topstuf said:
Have all 11 exonumia collectors experienced that same rate of appreciation?

Those numbers are increasing, satisfying the demand side of the well-known fundamentals for cost.

SCDHunter

coinsarefun

@Broadstruck said:

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This has been on my list for years but haven't found a nice AU58 like yours so it appears it will be a very long wait.
And thank goodness I switched a few years back to Exonumia and sold most of my coins as it lets me enjoy the hobby with out losing my shirt....shoes, pants and some body parts

Zoins

Are prices rising across the board or only the top condition and absolute rarities?

Lesher dollars are an area where everything rose and stayed up a while back.

coinkat

Exonumia seems broad... Do you have some examples? I am not doubting that prices are rising, I am more interested in what sectors have done well. Also, some of these items seem to be thinly traded. Maybe that is changing and explains part of the appreciation.

BillJones

Are prices rising across the board or only the top condition and absolute rarities?

The absolute rarities and top condition pieces are doing the best, but even the lower grade material in the main areas like Civil War tokens, sutler tokens and 19th century presidential medalets have all gone up fairly well. The better Hard Times token prices are like a yo-yo. They have way up and come way down then gone up again although not as high. I think that reflects a thin market with a limited supply and some in and out big players.

DCW

I agree with BillJones, except for Sutlers which seem to be a bargain right now with some key players selling off their entire collections (ie. Rick Irons.)
Political tokens, especially those featuring Lincoln are doing well. Bolen pieces are on fire, perhaps inexplicably so. Here is an example:
From Hayden's auction in 6/2013, Washington/Lincoln "mule" by Bolen/Merriam. $531

And the same piece, better pics. 11/2017 $3,360

What a difference 4 years and a broader bidding spectrum can make. I wanted this one badly, but I was blown out of the water a couple thousand dollars back!

sellitstore

@topstuf said:
Have all 11 exonumia collectors experienced that same rate of appreciation?

I think that's just the point.

A couple of more collectors with some money and prices go up. Eleven more would double the number of collectors and send prices through the roof.

In a thin market a few more or less collectors makes bigger differences in prices than in more widely traded markets.