Coins vs. Cards -- Anyone here know the facts??

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

If I am correct, it seems as if baseball card grading companies have been around for about 12 years now.

How much longer have the COIN grading companies been around??

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It seems to me as if baseball card values really started to boom after grading of cards became widespread.

Did this also happen with the COIN market??

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The baseball card market has not yet experienced any major "correction" since grading began.

Did the COIN market ever dip or dive after grading became prevalent?

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Some individual baseball cards have REALLY gone WAY up in price due to the "Pop Reports."

Is the same true in COINS... and if so, are there any instances where a coin that was THOUGHT to be rare for decades has turned out NOT to be so rare?

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There have been times when all of us baseball card collectors MISSED a chance to buy a card and would now GLADLY pay much more than we were willing to spend back then.

Has the COIN market ever reached a peak or plateau... or do the prices just CONTINUE to keep rising??


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The PSA 8 T206 Wagner is our hobby's "Top Dog"... with a recorded sale of $1,200,000... and a CURRENT value of probably about twice that much if big egos wanted to own it.

What is the COIN collecting "Top Dog"... what did it sell for publicly... and HOW MANY TOTAL COINS are there out there that are worth MORE than the T206 PSA 8 Wagner??

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Thank you in advance to the people who have the knowledge to contribute to this thread, as I am curious to see whether Card collecting is following any trends from COIN collecting or not.