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Coin funds and exchanges….

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,428 ✭✭✭✭✭
I'm attending a coin show in Macau this week and just learned about the coin exchanges operating in China. Check this out:

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My initial reaction was the obvious one: This cannot end well.

But could I be wrong? And could something like this work for US coins?
Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So when a collector brings their numismatic coins and bullion to the exchange for inclusion in a fund .....how is the value

    determined as to the number of shares of stock they receive for that fund ?



    Especially for numismatic coins ?



    I do see it as an opportunity for the broader public to have accessibility and thus create

    wilder swings. ??
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • ShadyDaveShadyDave Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trust your first instinct. Would you invest in a coin, sight unseen...... from China? HAHA












    This is also not a real market if the movement can only be limited to a +/- 10% maximum move. I hope all participants lose their money, as they are allowing greed to cloud their judgment. This reminds me of their recent stock market speculation and the epic crash shortly thereafter. I wonder if the government will bail them out
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would not even contemplate participation.... let me count the reasons... China, manipulation,

    out and out fraud, etc., etc., etc.. Cheers, RickO

  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    From the post, it seems that it is mostly for Chinese modern coins (not for cla-ssical Chinese coins since authentication is always a problem there). I don't believe this is regulated well though many rules are similar to Chinese stock market. r
    I hate to say that my view to this is another casino style of gambling table. You put your coins in and get their chips (aka shares). You follow their rules to gamble (aka trading shares). These trading are self-regulated so that no insurance is behind the trades. You take your own risks. r
    If the fund manager takes the coins and runs away, your share will become toilet paper unless you could find a sucker to pay you cash to take over your shares.
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover

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