[Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its Place intheMint Collectable program

[Gary Wunder]

Which coins aren't made for a specialized market?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its Place intheMint 
Collectable program


> hi,
>
> in ten years, do you really think some coin shop or new nfb member is 
> going to pay you $400 for basically a $40 coin that is only worth $1?
> no, he will laugh and not be interested as this coin was made for a niche 
> market.
> you would not likely make much more than you paid and that means zero 
> because if you like it that much, you will keep it and not want to sell 
> anyway.
> Bryan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its Place in theMint 
> Collectable program
>
>
>> Value of a collectable is based on the ease of getting one's hands on the 
>> collectable.  Usually, that's a function of quantity produced.  But how 
>> many die hard Federationists would sell their coins?
>>
>> Additionally, keep in mind the retail price of these coins.  Most of that 
>> is the cost of putting the coin into your hands.  You won't likely see 
>> them sell next year for less.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 01:43:32PM -0500, Bryan Schulz wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i have to disagree/think you are wrong.
>>> just like collectible diecast race cars,
>>> if 400,000 jimmy johnson cars are made, they will sell for about $50 and 
>>> about five years later be on a specialty web site for $8 to $15 but if 
>>> there were only 40 or 20 thousand made then they have a good chance of 
>>> being worth something in the future.
>>> then nobody has mentioned a collectible of any hobby is worth squat if 
>>> you can't find a buyer.
>>> Bryan
>>
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