The Holiday Gift..
I love Christmas. But I hate the pressure of giving gifts. Honestly, I’m horrible at it. But one gift that is always appreciated is one that appreciates in value … the gift of real wealth. Gold and silver. Whether in the form of jewelry or bullion or collectible coins, tangible assets like precious metals – the antidollars – never fall flat. That’s why several months ago, when I was out in Southern California, I asked my friend, Van Simmons at David Hall Rare Coins, to begin putting together some sets of highquality coins – both gold sets and silver – especially for my readers in time for this holiday season. And he has done just that, building two sets around two coin types that are classic in their beauty but currently undervalued. The way I see it, if you’re going to give a gift, buy it at a great price, knowing it’s going to rise in value for the people you love. It’s the gift that keeps on growing! Given all that is going wrong in America financially these days, the obvious path toward a continually debased dollar and the great potential for inflation – even hyperinflation, no stocking stuffer compares to the glitter of silver and gold. A decade from now, or many decades from now, the recipients of your gift will praise your longrange thoughtfulness when they see the value that has accrued to the coins you gave them. I’ve worked with Van to select two holiday offerings at good values: a 20coin MS64 set of Morgan silver dollars and a threecoin set of U.S. gold commemorative coins from 1910 to 1924.
Morgan Silver Dollars: Easily the Best Value in the Silver‐Coin Market We are on the cusp of a silvercoin shortage. It’s already showing up and it will likely get worse, which means that collectible coins like Morgan silver dollars, which are still undervalued today, are going to prove to be great investments in the years to come. Six months ago, Van could buy modern, 1ounce Silver Eagle coins at about the same premium over silver’s spot price that the coins had traded at for the past five years. Delivery was immediate and the quantities available were virtually unlimited. During the summer months, the premium over the spot price had nearly doubled. Delivery is four to five weeks out and only limited quantities are available. And you should realize that, given the volume of buying it does annually, David Hall Rare Coins is a very good customer of the various bullioncoin distributers … yet even Van is now being quoted four to fiveweek delivery times and is given access to a very limited quantity of coins. Even worse: Six months ago, Van could buy noninvestmentgrade, 90%silver coins – the wellworn, pre1965 dimes, quarters and half dollars – at prices near the underlying value of their silver content … and he could buy almost unlimited quantities. Today, the cost is $1.50 to $2 or more, per ounce, over melt value – and that’s assuming they can find any coins for sale. Van told me: “It’s getting hard to get anyone to even quote us a price. There are bags for sale!” In short, silver coins “are disappearing from the market,” Van said. “Nobody wants to sell! We are facing a very real silvercoin shortage.” But there’s one corner of the silver market where opportunity still exists: Morgan silver dollars, though even that window is closing, too. Until recently, we could still get quantities of circulated silver dollars. We buy silver dollars by the 1,000coin bag. Six months ago, Van could buy silverdollar bags at will. Ten or 20 bags? Not a problem. This past week, however, all he could buy were three bags of Peace dollars. The largest supplier in the market told him: “I’ll sell you three bags of Peace dollars because it’s you, but that’s all I have for sale. There just aren’t any coins available.” It makes the very limited number of 20coin MS64 Morgan sets that Van has managed to pull together for you so unique.
High Quality Coins With Lots of Silver and Lots of Upside Morgan silver dollars are the largest United States silver coin minted for circulation. They’re
beautiful coins, the most popular U.S. coin among collectors and extremely important, both historically and numismatically. Between 1878 and 1921, more than 650 million Morgan dollars were minted by five different United States mints. Over the years, people melted many of those coins, including a mass melting of some 270 million in 1918. As many as 100 million Morgan dollars survive today, the vast majority of which are well worn coins that changed hands many times over decades of commerce. But some of the survivors are still in “like new” condition, what coin collectors call “uncirculated.” This is what they look like:
Rare coins, if you’re unfamiliar with them from an investor’s perspective, are graded on a scale of 1 to 70, with grades 60 and above categorized as uncirculated. Coins that fall within that grade range are called mint state (MS) coins … and the grade MS64 is considered “choice uncirculated.” Right now, the MS64 Morgan dollar is among the best values in the coin market today. The coins are modestly priced, yet truly scarce, and they offer the best of both the silvercoin world and the rarecoin market. MS64 Morgan dollars are my recommendation for several reasons: MS64 Morgan dollars are great examples of one of the most popular and famous United States coins. And in an MS64 grade, a very highquality grade, the coins look like they were minted yesterday, even though most of them are more than 100 years old. MS64 Morgan dollars are a great value with strong upside. Their modest price gives the coins a great deal of room for future price growth. Rarecoin prices almost always lag runups in gold and silver spot prices. And that’s what has happened in the past few years. Now, rarecoin prices are starting to march higher. And in each bull market of the past – 1970 to ’74, 1977 to ’80, 1984 to ’89, among others – rare coins have outperformed gold and silver. MS64 Morgan dollars have limited downside. Current prices are low, and they haven’t moved much as other coins break out into a bull market. It’s hard to imagine MS64 Morgan dollars going down in price. Moreover, unlike the price of silver, prices for MS64 Morgan dollars – as with investmentgrade coins in general – don’t really fluctuate a lot in the short term. That’s because the coins have historic value and rarity, and that doesn’t ebb and flow. Here’s what I’ve arranged for you …
20 Different Dates. Great Quality. Great Price. Van has been accumulating a quantity of MS64 Morgan dollars for several months and now has a large enough variety of the silver dollars to offer minisets of 20 highquality coins – all different dates and different mint marks, and all graded MS64 by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), the most respected of the coin industry’s various thirdparty grading services. Each set will include: 20 uncirculated MS64 Morgan silver dollars, each with a different date or mint mark, ranging between 1978 and 1921 (dates will vary by set).
Every coin is graded by PCGS, insuring the investmentgrade quality of each coin. Every coin is a brilliant, frosty white, highquality silver dollar – no darkly toned, unattractive coins. Each coin will arrive in its individual, tamperevident PCGS holder, protecting it from the elements and potential damage that would destroy its value. And each set comes to you housed in a 20coin, PCGS blue box that is designed specifically to hold PCGSgraded coins, making longterm storage of the coins safe and convenient. Remember, this is an investmentgrade Christmas gift, not another video game or toy that will lose its appeal within days or weeks. Few gifts we give nowadays truly last a lifetime … but this one will. The price for this 20coin set is $2,095. There are two caveats to keep in mind. This is a very limited opportunity. Van was able to compile just over 30 sets, and he’s told me that he’ll sell them strictly on a firstcome, first served basis. When the sets are gone, that’s that. You must call Van at David Hall Rare Coins at 18007597575 to confirm your purchase. We really are in a silvercoinshortage environment, and Van will not be holding the sets for buyers who aren’t certain they want the coins.
The Most Affordably Rare Gold Coin on the Market Just a few weeks ago, I was in Las Vegas for The Sovereign Society’s Total Wealth Symposium. I walked into an exhibit hall and glanced around the room for the David Hall Rare Coins booth. When I saw it, I made a beeline to Van. I knew he had something for me: a 1915S PanamaPacific gold commemorative dollar in MS65 … a tiny little coin with the representation on the obverse of a capwearing laborer who helped build the Panama Canal, and two dolphins on the reverse, symbolizing the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Here’s what it looks like:
I actively add to my collection of classic, gold commemoratives, a series of oneoff coins produced in very limited numbers between 1903 and 1926. The coins commemorate historical U.S. figures, such as Ulysses S. Grant, or various events, such as the Louisiana Purchase, or, as with my coin, the 1915 PanamaPacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Many of us are gold bugs at heart and realize that gold is the only antidote to the fiscal and monetary poisons coursing through the American economy. And many of us want to share the benefits – and beauty – of gold with children and grandchildren. Classic gold commemoratives are a fabulous way to introduce them to collectible gold because the coins are affordable and attractive, and are minted in low numbers, guaranteeing their rarity and keeping their prices supported. They are, in short, the nobrainer buy of the decade in gold. So, I asked Van to put together a threecoin starter collection of gold commemoratives. I know that 10 years from now the person who receives this gift from you today will be holding on to a present worth two, three, even 10 times the value it carries today. That’s not an exaggeration. At the height of the last bull market in gold commemoratives, coins like the 1926 Sesquicentennial in MS65 sold for $28,000. I bought one from Van a few months ago for less than onetenth that price. That, to me, screams contrarian bargain investment … which makes these coins a fantastic gift that will continue to generate wealth throughout the years for your recipient.
Classic Gold Commemoratives:
A Set You Can Add to Through the Years Because the full set of classic gold commemoratives is so small, just 11 coins, the three coin miniset that Van has put together is a strong foundation for a budding collector. The remainder of the set is affordable enough in investment grades that you can add missing coins for birthdays and holidays and ultimately help your child or grandchild build a complete set relatively easily. In MS65, eight of the coins are below $3,000 each. The other three range between about $6,000 and $9,000. The three coins Van has pulled into the miniset are a combination of the 1903 Louisiana Purchase, featuring either Thomas Jefferson or William McKinley; the 1915S Panama Pacific; and either a 1916 or 1917 William McKinley. All are in MS65 grade, and all are graded by PCGS. And as with the Morgan silver dollars, Van has a limited number of sets – between 15 and 20, depending on which coins are available. As such, the same caveats about his firstcome, firstserved basis apply. The cost for the set is around $4,895. It will vary a bit with which three coins are available. If you are interested in either the 20coin Morgan silver dollar set, or the threecoin classic gold commemorative set – or both – give Van a call at 18007597575. Either set will ultimately prove to be the most valuable Christmas present your child or grandchild will likely receive this year. Until next time, stay Sovereign … and Happy Holidays!
Jeff D. Opdyke P.S. Given that there are an extremely limited number of these special holiday sets available, I suggest that you call Van quickly. Once these are gone, he will be sold out.
Morgan Silver Dollars: Easily the Best Value in the Silver‐Coin Market We are on the cusp of a silvercoin shortage. It’s already showing up and it will likely get worse, which means that collectible coins like Morgan silver dollars, which are still undervalued today, are going to prove to be great investments in the years to come. Six months ago, Van could buy modern, 1ounce Silver Eagle coins at about the same premium over silver’s spot price that the coins had traded at for the past five years. Delivery was immediate and the quantities available were virtually unlimited. During the summer months, the premium over the spot price had nearly doubled. Delivery is four to five weeks out and only limited quantities are available. And you should realize that, given the volume of buying it does annually, David Hall Rare Coins is a very good customer of the various bullioncoin distributers … yet even Van is now being quoted four to fiveweek delivery times and is given access to a very limited quantity of coins. Even worse: Six months ago, Van could buy noninvestmentgrade, 90%silver coins – the wellworn, pre1965 dimes, quarters and half dollars – at prices near the underlying value of their silver content … and he could buy almost unlimited quantities. Today, the cost is $1.50 to $2 or more, per ounce, over melt value – and that’s assuming they can find any coins for sale. Van told me: “It’s getting hard to get anyone to even quote us a price. There are bags for sale!” In short, silver coins “are disappearing from the market,” Van said. “Nobody wants to sell! We are facing a very real silvercoin shortage.” But there’s one corner of the silver market where opportunity still exists: Morgan silver dollars, though even that window is closing, too. Until recently, we could still get quantities of circulated silver dollars. We buy silver dollars by the 1,000coin bag. Six months ago, Van could buy silverdollar bags at will. Ten or 20 bags? Not a problem. This past week, however, all he could buy were three bags of Peace dollars. The largest supplier in the market told him: “I’ll sell you three bags of Peace dollars because it’s you, but that’s all I have for sale. There just aren’t any coins available.” It makes the very limited number of 20coin MS64 Morgan sets that Van has managed to pull together for you so unique.
High Quality Coins With Lots of Silver and Lots of Upside Morgan silver dollars are the largest United States silver coin minted for circulation. They’re
beautiful coins, the most popular U.S. coin among collectors and extremely important, both historically and numismatically. Between 1878 and 1921, more than 650 million Morgan dollars were minted by five different United States mints. Over the years, people melted many of those coins, including a mass melting of some 270 million in 1918. As many as 100 million Morgan dollars survive today, the vast majority of which are well worn coins that changed hands many times over decades of commerce. But some of the survivors are still in “like new” condition, what coin collectors call “uncirculated.” This is what they look like:
Rare coins, if you’re unfamiliar with them from an investor’s perspective, are graded on a scale of 1 to 70, with grades 60 and above categorized as uncirculated. Coins that fall within that grade range are called mint state (MS) coins … and the grade MS64 is considered “choice uncirculated.” Right now, the MS64 Morgan dollar is among the best values in the coin market today. The coins are modestly priced, yet truly scarce, and they offer the best of both the silvercoin world and the rarecoin market. MS64 Morgan dollars are my recommendation for several reasons: MS64 Morgan dollars are great examples of one of the most popular and famous United States coins. And in an MS64 grade, a very highquality grade, the coins look like they were minted yesterday, even though most of them are more than 100 years old. MS64 Morgan dollars are a great value with strong upside. Their modest price gives the coins a great deal of room for future price growth. Rarecoin prices almost always lag runups in gold and silver spot prices. And that’s what has happened in the past few years. Now, rarecoin prices are starting to march higher. And in each bull market of the past – 1970 to ’74, 1977 to ’80, 1984 to ’89, among others – rare coins have outperformed gold and silver. MS64 Morgan dollars have limited downside. Current prices are low, and they haven’t moved much as other coins break out into a bull market. It’s hard to imagine MS64 Morgan dollars going down in price. Moreover, unlike the price of silver, prices for MS64 Morgan dollars – as with investmentgrade coins in general – don’t really fluctuate a lot in the short term. That’s because the coins have historic value and rarity, and that doesn’t ebb and flow. Here’s what I’ve arranged for you …
20 Different Dates. Great Quality. Great Price. Van has been accumulating a quantity of MS64 Morgan dollars for several months and now has a large enough variety of the silver dollars to offer minisets of 20 highquality coins – all different dates and different mint marks, and all graded MS64 by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), the most respected of the coin industry’s various thirdparty grading services. Each set will include: 20 uncirculated MS64 Morgan silver dollars, each with a different date or mint mark, ranging between 1978 and 1921 (dates will vary by set).
Every coin is graded by PCGS, insuring the investmentgrade quality of each coin. Every coin is a brilliant, frosty white, highquality silver dollar – no darkly toned, unattractive coins. Each coin will arrive in its individual, tamperevident PCGS holder, protecting it from the elements and potential damage that would destroy its value. And each set comes to you housed in a 20coin, PCGS blue box that is designed specifically to hold PCGSgraded coins, making longterm storage of the coins safe and convenient. Remember, this is an investmentgrade Christmas gift, not another video game or toy that will lose its appeal within days or weeks. Few gifts we give nowadays truly last a lifetime … but this one will. The price for this 20coin set is $2,095. There are two caveats to keep in mind. This is a very limited opportunity. Van was able to compile just over 30 sets, and he’s told me that he’ll sell them strictly on a firstcome, first served basis. When the sets are gone, that’s that. You must call Van at David Hall Rare Coins at 18007597575 to confirm your purchase. We really are in a silvercoinshortage environment, and Van will not be holding the sets for buyers who aren’t certain they want the coins.
The Most Affordably Rare Gold Coin on the Market Just a few weeks ago, I was in Las Vegas for The Sovereign Society’s Total Wealth Symposium. I walked into an exhibit hall and glanced around the room for the David Hall Rare Coins booth. When I saw it, I made a beeline to Van. I knew he had something for me: a 1915S PanamaPacific gold commemorative dollar in MS65 … a tiny little coin with the representation on the obverse of a capwearing laborer who helped build the Panama Canal, and two dolphins on the reverse, symbolizing the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Here’s what it looks like:
I actively add to my collection of classic, gold commemoratives, a series of oneoff coins produced in very limited numbers between 1903 and 1926. The coins commemorate historical U.S. figures, such as Ulysses S. Grant, or various events, such as the Louisiana Purchase, or, as with my coin, the 1915 PanamaPacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Many of us are gold bugs at heart and realize that gold is the only antidote to the fiscal and monetary poisons coursing through the American economy. And many of us want to share the benefits – and beauty – of gold with children and grandchildren. Classic gold commemoratives are a fabulous way to introduce them to collectible gold because the coins are affordable and attractive, and are minted in low numbers, guaranteeing their rarity and keeping their prices supported. They are, in short, the nobrainer buy of the decade in gold. So, I asked Van to put together a threecoin starter collection of gold commemoratives. I know that 10 years from now the person who receives this gift from you today will be holding on to a present worth two, three, even 10 times the value it carries today. That’s not an exaggeration. At the height of the last bull market in gold commemoratives, coins like the 1926 Sesquicentennial in MS65 sold for $28,000. I bought one from Van a few months ago for less than onetenth that price. That, to me, screams contrarian bargain investment … which makes these coins a fantastic gift that will continue to generate wealth throughout the years for your recipient.
Classic Gold Commemoratives:
A Set You Can Add to Through the Years Because the full set of classic gold commemoratives is so small, just 11 coins, the three coin miniset that Van has put together is a strong foundation for a budding collector. The remainder of the set is affordable enough in investment grades that you can add missing coins for birthdays and holidays and ultimately help your child or grandchild build a complete set relatively easily. In MS65, eight of the coins are below $3,000 each. The other three range between about $6,000 and $9,000. The three coins Van has pulled into the miniset are a combination of the 1903 Louisiana Purchase, featuring either Thomas Jefferson or William McKinley; the 1915S Panama Pacific; and either a 1916 or 1917 William McKinley. All are in MS65 grade, and all are graded by PCGS. And as with the Morgan silver dollars, Van has a limited number of sets – between 15 and 20, depending on which coins are available. As such, the same caveats about his firstcome, firstserved basis apply. The cost for the set is around $4,895. It will vary a bit with which three coins are available. If you are interested in either the 20coin Morgan silver dollar set, or the threecoin classic gold commemorative set – or both – give Van a call at 18007597575. Either set will ultimately prove to be the most valuable Christmas present your child or grandchild will likely receive this year. Until next time, stay Sovereign … and Happy Holidays!
Jeff D. Opdyke P.S. Given that there are an extremely limited number of these special holiday sets available, I suggest that you call Van quickly. Once these are gone, he will be sold out.
