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1. Re: Anyone else expecting a major crash in coin prices?

   

   Comment by LochNESS · June 28, 2012 7:16PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>The coin market is becoming much more selective. Rare US coins won't crash. Dreck and false rarities (and this includes many issues that have been heavily hoarded over the past 30 years) ... watch out. Eventually the hoarders will die and the heirs will want to cash out as quickly as possible. Most of the local…

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   Comment by 291fifth · June 28, 2012 8:20PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i> << <i>The coin market is becoming much more selective. Rare US coins won't crash. Dreck and false rarities (and this includes many issues that have been heavily hoarded over the past 30 years) ... watch out. Eventually the hoarders will die and the heirs will want to cash out as quickly as possible. Most of the…

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   Comment by mrpotatoheadd · June 29, 2012 3:11AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>All coins eventually come up for sale unless they are in a museum, buried with their owner, or destroyed in a natural disaster. >> Of course they do. Nobody's said otherwise. All I'm saying is that if prices are falling, people are less likely to sell unless they have no other choice. Would you sell your best coins…

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   Comment by unknown · June 29, 2012 3:13AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

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   Comment by 291fifth · June 28, 2012 7:08PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   The coin market is becoming much more selective. Rare US coins won't crash. Dreck and false rarities (and this includes many issues that have been heavily hoarded over the past 30 years) ... watch out. Eventually the hoarders will die and the heirs will want to cash out as quickly as possible. Most of the local hoarders I…

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   Comment by erickso1 · June 28, 2012 11:23PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>I would have said the coin market is strong but suddenly I am seeing the best commem sets either sold or retired from the registry, making me wonder if the colored coin bubble is about to burst? >> I hope the colored coin market bursts. (eyeing commemdudes avatar) Just kidding! (secretly eyeing the avatar) Honestly…

7. Re: Anyone else expecting a major crash in coin prices?

   

   Comment by roadrunner · January 18, 2016 9:55AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Originally posted by: MrEureka Originally posted by: bidask Maybe not a crash but seems a lot softer prices are occurring. The OP was more than 3 years ago. Was he right? They were wrong, at least for that time period. Coins crashed from fall of 2008 to mid-2011, in unison with the stock market. By 2012 things were…

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   Comment by 291fifth · June 29, 2012 10:21PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i> << <i>Its just a hunch i have. by crash i mean about 50% for most coins. Curious as to what the veterans think... seems like a lot of supply is coming out of the woodwork... is this just the typical summer slow down? >> That depends on which coins you mean. Don't expect the really big-ticket items to "crash", (other…

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   Comment by unknown · June 29, 2012 7:16PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

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    Comment by roadrunner · June 29, 2012 3:51AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

    << <i>Its just a hunch i have. by crash i mean about 50% for most coins. Curious as to what the veterans think... seems like a lot of supply is coming out of the woodwork... is this just the typical summer slow down? >> You must have missed the 2009 crash where most coin prices from from 25-40%. And if you happened to own…