Need Help Finding Out Which Coins Are Good To Invest In

IS TRUE. there are a lot of fake Chinese coins coming out of China too.

As for that list that Vermontensium listed, it IS possible to go wrong with some of the coins on that list depending on timing. For example the collectors favorite the 1909 SVDB, in Unc between 1963 and 1988 increased at a rate of less than 1% per annum. A lousy rate but at least it did go up, still you would have done better just sticking the money in a savings account. It can also be important to consider the grade you want to buy the coins in. Most people will tell you to buy MS and the highest grade you can, but often you can get a better percentage return buying the lower grade coins. NGC's new price guide will be good for tracking this. Unfortunately its records only go back five years but the graphing functions can be most informative in showing percent increases. Coin World used to issue books showing Trends prices over the years which were good for showing price trend graphs over the years.

I just did the comparison charts for the SVDB over the past five years in VF, XF, AU, MS-60, and MS-65.

Over the past five years the MS-65 increased 25%
MS-60 increased 30%
AU increased 30%
XF got up to a 40% return last year but is now at 30%
VF increased 70% and shows a much steadier rate of growth. The XF rate of growth isn't bad either. The top three grades show some nice jumps but long periods of just staying flat. The MS-65 as been pretty much flat since Jan 2008. That's an expensive coin. If you "invested" in it you would be looking at a three year return so far of zero. Less than zero probably if you had to get out of it now.

So over the past five years if you were investing in SVDB's the highest grade was the worst investment. It would not surprise me to find similar results with several if not most of the items on that list.

Hello all... I am new to collecting... Actually I have the back end of my fathers collection. Very old large denominations coin and paper, tons of cased proofs, lots of BU, MS+, Morgan dollars, gold pieces, ect. About 4 duffle bags worth of average to above average pieces. From watching him for years I know enough to say most are at least above average quality and most of his collections are still sought after by the coin community. Only knowing cause, many of his coin friends call and stop by begging to check what is left. I have turned all down thus far. With all that being said I would like some advice on how to invest, store, booking, grading, insurance, ect. What and how is the best way to continue his investment. Can this be used as legal capital so to speak, like land or housing. Can there be a career in this possibly. Is it better to start a dealer? Lots of questions and I apologize... This is the only thing I have to remember him by and would like to make it an investment. Any help would be great.