The trifurcated market...
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Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
With NGC one can feel quadrificated or quintrificated??
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CAC
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1. Expensive - secure plus - big investor/big collector coins
2. High end - pq in all other coins not fitting the price range of #1.
3. Solidly grade coins that ok for the grade
4. Dreck, schlock, low end coins that most everyone is avoiding
Coins 1 & 2 are making most of the noise these days. #3 coins are getting moderate to reduced business as buyers figure out the CAC, +, pq game as it currently stands. #4 coins are dead for now and probably the foreseeable future. Funny that when TPG grading first came out most coins were pretty well defined by their single assigned grades. Today, a coin is almost assumed to be undesireable unless associated with an additional monicker.
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Where do the wheaties fall in?
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
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<< <i>how's about good-better-best?? >>
Awesome idea.
I just went to the home improvement store to pick up a paintbrush to do some trim work and they
had 3 different grades listed right on their packaging.
Good
Better
Best
Better was about 25% more than Good and Best was almost double the price of Better.
Made perfect sense.
I picked up the Better grade because my painting skills are far from the best but much better than
just plain old good.....at least I think so....
<< <i>The coin market was trifurcated more than a decade ago; it is polyfurcated today. >>
Nah, jiss subfurcated like firststrikefurcated, cacfurcated, secureplusfurcated, dreckfurcated, schlockfurcated.
of specialized segments. This is neither good nor bad, it just is. Each
segment will have a life of its own and collectors can choose to enter into
any segment they feel comfortable with.
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<< <i>Trifurcated is obsolete. The market is at least Quadfurcated.
1. Expensive - secure plus - big investor/big collector coins
2. High end - pq in all other coins not fitting the price range of #1.
3. Solidly grade coins that ok for the grade
4. Dreck, schlock, low end coins that most everyone is avoiding
Coins 1 & 2 are making most of the noise these days. #3 coins are getting moderate to reduced business as buyers figure out the CAC, +, pq game as it currently stands. #4 coins are dead for now and probably the foreseeable future. Funny that when TPG grading first came out most coins were pretty well defined by their single assigned grades. Today, a coin is almost assumed to be undesireable unless associated with an additional monicker.
roadrunner >>
There are far more possible combinations and outcomes. It's a multifurcated market.
very pleasant to collect and I have a number of them just for the heck of it. If it
is fun, inexpensive and you get enjoyment from it, then any coins one cares to
collect is just fine. Now, if one is going to spend big money such as 500, 1000 or more,
you will probably want to be sure that the coin is at least solid for what every grade that
money will buy you.Now, If you start spending 10,000, 100,000 or more, then you will
probably want the very best that is available for the money.
Camelot
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I like these segments
Camelot
It gives me a splitting head ache.............