What Modern Coins Have The Biggest Investment Potential?

None ....... if you had to put your money someplace coin related, invest while gold and silver is down, sell when prices rise, rinse and repeat. Coins are a fun hobby but unless you get really lucky, it is break even at best.

I'm just interested in getting the "best bang for my buck," so to speak.

I always buy my raw moderns from the Mint. I have been doing this for MANY years and I can say with some confidence that none of my purchases sell at less than what I paid for them and a high percentage sell at a premium.

That said, I always buy silver products, proof sets, ASE's both proof and burnished, 5 ounce pucks and special sets. I never buy circ quality sets or non-silver proofs. I do not buy gold from the Mint although it would not be a bad idea if you had the cash.

I jump on the special sets like the 20th and 25th Anniversary, San Fran and West Point sets, LE Proof Sets etc. I loaded up on those sets and have done well on the 70's.

The only sets I have graded are the ASE sets. These do MUCH better graded than raw...although recently the 69's seems to be pretty close to raw prices..still much better than issue price.

So collect what you enjoy....I collect NGC PF70 Presidential dollars..(my one deviation)...one of each...I just think they make a nice set...probably won't go anywhere in price

Sorry for being long winded...

Moderns are literally a crap shoot in terms of investment. You basically have to hope that not many people buy it or sales are cut short unannounced and that later one a lot of people want it.

Theress very exceptions like the 2011 ASE set with a tightly controlled mintage where you can look at it and sayy without a doubt this ones going up in price.

You can take educated guesses on what has a good shot but in the end its still just a guess. Some pan out, some fall flat, and sometimes something completely unexpected gets hot. They you get into grades and you can have grade rarities like an ms 70 5 star general half, or you can have the exact opposite like the 2013 ASE set where even the 70s are flat at this point with just a small premium over grading costs because they were so well made.

Basically with very few exceptions ultramoderns from the mint really arent the place to be looking for investments. The upside is usually pretty limited while the chance of it doing little to nothing price wise is very real.

Basically get what you like. The silver stuff usually does okay but you generally need to get lucky to have bough something that sees a significant price spike. Those spikes usually fade some over time too as the product cools off and more people got what they wanted.

I tend to agree with Fox and his point as I have experienced that several products, silver and gold, to tend to accrue value.

I also agree with Sel: collect what you LIKE, that you are interested in AND enjoy them.

I do both myself, I get what I like and I try to stick to whats moving or will move in the future. Like anything, trends and cycles come and some items are always like stalwarts were they dont budge in price.

Again, another factor is where silver and gold prices are headed. We still dont have a clear picture yet. This is not a time to be buying as we dont know if this rise in prices is "it". So you could start now but dont be surprised that prices are all over the board. Several coins I was stalking to plug holes dropped in price as gold and silver tumbled and then after a few weeks and months, they started to get stable and even have risen.

So its going to take some time to observe prices, be patient. Remember too that sometimes small limit runs dont guarantee that a coins price is going to rise. I think the biggest edge in terms of profits in coins belongs to the flipper. Over time you should be OK, but again remember that many coins, in fact the vast majority of coins wont really be worth much.

Silver prices are relevant in the sense that most silver items have done well from the significant gain in spot prices. So a 2002 silver set selling for more than issue price doesn't necessarily reflect more than the silver price change.

well...

I have seen the price of the 25th anniversary set silver eagle set fall since I bought it on after market after missing it back when it was released... and part of the drop was the silver price. IF you bought it from the mint directly you are in great shape,, I couldnt, I was too busy to get it.. so since I was keep my collection up to day, I paid up.

Thats why, I think, short term, advantage, 100% is in the favor of the flippers, it reminds me of my job as a trader.... long term, some coins , if you sit tight and hang on, you follow the ups and downs... just as a long term investor.

Coins are like a secondary investment I think. If you want PMs to invest in, you buy bullion and park it. period. Or you come to the financial markets and buy either futures or ETFs, such as SLV or GLD which let you tap the market directly and offer you 100% liquidity.