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Posted By: barrysloate

Coins were extremely hot in the late 1970's. One of the most famous collections ever assembled, the Garrett Collection, was sold in four installments between late 1979 and early 1981. It sold for a total of around $25 million, a princely sum today and even greater then. By the mid-1980's it was clearly taking a dip, but I wasn't involved with them anymore.