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By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
Coin Investors: Do you want to buy when coin prices are already going up…or do you want to buy when coin prices are soft…before they begin rising?!
One area of the rare coin market that’s been out of favor, but is beginning to gain […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
Using gold as an example, the first investing decision you need to make is whether you want to invest in “paper gold” or “physical gold.” Paper gold is one of the investment instruments purchased through the securities market. Physical gold is the real thing […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
Let’s begin by looking at what money really is, using the settling of the United States by the European colonists as an example. When European settlers came to America during the 1600s, they traded useful goods with the Native Americans who had lived here […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
Coin collecting habits, and the patterns with which we collect, have been constantly evolving over the decades. During the 1960s collecting was very much different than it is today, as it also differed from the 1940s, and the 1890s, or even the 2000s…right before the great […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFrarecoins.com
As an owner, or buyer or seller of rare coins, have you ever thought about how a professional coin appraisal can help you? Normally, we think of coin appraisals as being used primarily for estate valuations after the death of a collector or rare […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
There have been three major trends driving the coin market during 2011 that are continuing to influence the market into 2012. All three of these trends are economically driven.
The most influential of these trends has its roots deep within the global economy. It’s […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFrarecoins.com
In my last column I wrote about “early” United States Mint commemorative coins struck between 1892 and 1954. These are legal tender silver half dollars, struck by the U.S. Mint, which also include a silver quarter from 1893 and a […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
Virtually all collectors of rare coins want to ultimately profit from their investment in their collections. Many collectors choose to collect those coins they think have long-term investment potential. And right now “early” United States commemorative coins offer eye-catching potential. These are legal tender […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFrarecoins.com
There are several of us coin dealers nationwide who’ve been in this business virtually all our lives – for 40, 50 or 60 years, or even longer – since we were teenagers, or even younger. We’ve been around the market for gold bullion all that time and […]
By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com
If you’re an investor who believes high inflation is just around the corner and who sees rare coins as a terrific inflation hedge, as they’ve been in the past, now’s a great time to get into the coin market. After a block buster World’s Fair of […]