Greetings: My boyfriend is thinking of buying Westminster Mint's 2010 American Silver Eagle for $79.95 + $4 shipping and handling. It was advertised in the newspaper. Unbelievably enough, I found the same
ASE on sale at another website
http://www.coin-rare.com/2010-silver-eagles.aspx for $20.64. Am I crazy or is buying this coin an obvious bad investment? I'm planning to tell him to just give me the $83.00 and I'll put it in a savings account or buy Apple stock with it. At least then he'll get a positive return. Why do people buy coins that obviously have negative value? It seems insane to me.