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johnnysprawl Pillar of the Community Canada 1620 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 6:24 pm I'm thinking of collecting newer, nickel fifty cent pieces (1980's to present) with the hope that over time (10-20 years) their price will go up. The conundrum is which coins will increase fastest...years with low mintages or years with fewer high quality coins (according to a TPG). For example, would it make more sense to collect an MS66 (population of 1 according to ICCS) from 1985 (mintage of 2.1 million) or an MS66 (population of 23 according to ICCS) from 1990 (mintage of 207,000)? thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 6:59 pm 1985 is a very difficult year for gem grades, both in 50-cent strikes and nickel dollars... I would think that a grade rarity might be better than a hoarded, lower mintage... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5394 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 9:13 pm All I can ask is why?. Report this Post to the Staff
kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 9:31 pm The trend over the last few years has been more down than up. I personally wouldn't expect enough appreciation on these coins to make it worth the effort and continued depreciation wouldn't surprise me. For them to increase in value would require demand to increase more than supply. They are just not in demand as much as high grade Victorian coins are and I would think the supply is not yet defined. IE Most collectors will be happy with an MS65 and won't be willing to pay a significant premium to go to an MS66; and b) many people with these coins in their collection haven't gotten them graded since they are relatively recent and low value so the supply could continually increase over time instead of remaining relatively steady at current levels. Report this Post to the Staff
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