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I have seen quite a few elderly people have whole sets from the Franklin mint that they purchased as an "investment"
when they were younger to sell when they retired and still to this day they can't get back the money they paid for the items they purchased from Franklin Mint back then

You got that right, GT.

"THE C.O.A DOES NOT COME WITH EACH COIN OR THE SET -- IT'S TO SHOW THE AUTHENTICITY OF THESE COINS. MY GRANDFATHER SAID HE HAS THE C.O.A SO I'm TRYING TO LOCATE IT. AS OF NOW THERE IS NO COA."

Comments like this leave me cold. It sounds a lot like "The check is in the mail", "Would I lie?", or "Trust me <grin>".

Not sure whether the lack of a COA or the seller's implication that having one is important bothers me more.

Well as long as its just Nevada that is missing LOL...

But there is also the 24 kt gold!

I recall reading a nice paragraph from Junior E in another thread here, and he spoke of how he invests in the half and quarter eagles, like 1900 through 1915 seems like and again from 25-29 seems like. Graded as well, as the fakes are hard to spot, and the three grading company's would eliminate that worry. Also, if the bottom fell out of gold, you still have the numismatic angle....

I totally agree with all Junior E said, and think it contradicts what this guy says, as I could be mistaken and misread it, but did he not say one key factor was to invest in pure gold bullion coins?

Sure seems like to me, that there is many people now going after the above mentioned, and I see them get up to 280 on low starting auctions on ebay. And example was a 1908 Indian, that had been lightly cleaned and a slight wave, and it still brought 280, the 2.5 Eagles that is. Just the coin of course and no grading....

To each their own but....

I think those colored Beagle coins are the ugliest (to cartoon-ish) thing I have seen to date as are many in that series and I think one might as well flush that 210 bucks, as you will be stuck with those bad boys for eons, lol, as most colored coins. I have seen a few I like, the same mint and different genre like the major battle series, like Thermopylae for example is pretty cool. But still colored coins just will never have the same appeal to me, as just a great image forged into gold or silver....

What do most have in common, they are high in price big time, most sell out of Australia, (so high shipping for me), and I have watched them all mostly buy it now, and they set and set and set and set. Me liking something just is not enough, I need to believe a good portion of the masses like it as well, for future resale....

Oh I knew that Thunder, as I don't think there are many of us that would fork out that kind of money for 1 oz of modern day silver....