It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... a bad investment!

[LynnInDenver]

robkelk wrote:

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Exactly. Investing in precious metals is a mug's game - even if the metal price doesn't drop, you aren't getting any return on your investment while you hold the item, the way you do with (most) mutual funds. These were for fun, not for profit.

Just like things like video games, pinball, Beanie Babies, or anything else that comes with the term "collectible" attached, either currently or in regards to vintage product that's survived to the modern day... if it's not company stock from a subset of publicly traded companies, it's always a mug's game to consider it an investment. Especially since it can be really hard to liquidate it in a short-notice fashion for anything like the potential full market value anyway.
Any of those things I do are in terms of "keepsake" and "enjoyment", not because I might be able to flip it inside of five years for any sort of profit.
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