Top 5 Worst Coin Investments.

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A little off topic but... I love coins and love collecting them. I have made and lost money.
IMO coins are not a good investment, ie:

1) they produce no income,
b) no tax advantage (maybe if used in an ira),
3) you buy high (if retail) and they must appreciate, say, 20% or much more just to break even,
d) when you sell you don't usually get retail, and
5) not secure to own as they may be stolen, lost and/or damaged.

The only up side is for lots of appreciation to occur with lots of downsides. There are many ways to diversify that would be better.
Too bad I don't follow my own advice.

I tend to agree with mrcoin on the quality of coins as an investment. 50 years from now we'll all look like geniuses, but what will be left for us to enjoy?

A few truly good recent investments in coins recently have been the scarce date cc Morgans, early walkers in F and higher, and bullion coins. But a lot of categories have been awfully flat...