Value Of Collectible Coins ............ Vote Your Prediction

I voted sharp down spike. Only a temp spike but you can already see the unfortunate side of the economic conditions. People selling collections to pay bills and so on introduces more into the collectors pool causing at least a small saturation.

If you have money, Your buying them. If you don't, then your the one selling them.

Metals are high already up but I see bullion going gradually upwards during the storm.

JMO

I think coins of the price range you are talking about will stay flat or slightly decrease in value. I think higher end coins 500+ to 1,000+ coins will continue to be desirable as I would see less of these coins flooding the market when joe collector goes to sell to pay the bills. Bullion is tough to tell, which is why I am sticking to Classic Gold

I am on the market for a new chain cent, just 5 years ago when I was lucky enough to find one on hand prices were harsh.

Now it doesn't take much digging to find one for sale. The prices have slid into negotiation considering FMV instead of conventional book pricing. Not preaching doom and gloom, but the pulse does have a significantly different feel when making any larger purchases these days.

Coins were one of the few things that didn't
get totally hammered in value late last year.
Wise investors paid attention to that.

A lot of investment money that was going elsewhere
in the 'boom times' is now being spent on coins
and precious metals. More coins might be being sold
by distressed owners, but I think that the increase
in 'investment money' being redirected to the coin
market (that was previously allocated to other investments)
tends to offset the increase in sales and keeps coin
prices steady.

Classic key dates in particular are rare enough in MS
grade to withstand a notable upturn in sales and still
keep their value. Some of those coins haven't been for
sale in decades! They also tend to be in 'strong hands'
who had made at least some preparation for bad economic
periods (and who would be very likely to hold bullion!).

$1 to $100 coins is more of a 'mixed bag' (investment wise),
the most solid 'investment' would be classic coins in that
price range.