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Pre-1933 U.S. Gold Pieces Likely to Move Upward in Value

AS A PSYCHOLOGIST, I believe that within the heart of most coin collectors lies the soul of an investor. After all, our coins have value, and whether we admit it or not, we’re interested in their value performance over time. One piece of evidence for this is the ubiquity of coin value listings.

Take this magazine, for example. What occupies the bulk of its pages? If you said a listing of U.S. coins and their values, give yourself a pat on the back. And where does this information come from? Numismatic News, which has in the center of its pages in the first issue of each month the very prices you find here.

And what advice do most new collectors receive at the outside of their entry into the numismatic world? Buy the Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins), which is in the main a complete listing of U.S. coins and their values.

My point is that no matter how committed you are to only collecting, if you’re honest with yourself, you’ll admit that you’re interested in how your coins are doing in the market. Was that 1889-CC Morgan dollar a good buy? Has your 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent gained value since you bought it?

In this article, I’m going to suggest some U.S. gold pieces to you that I think

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