zadok

...a few years back the US govt did a survey of various topics including coin collecting, their summary estimated over 10 million, im not certain of the year but post 2000....

...neither, most of the truly super rare n high end coins u have seen sold in the past few years had remained raw n were not graded until after the decision to sell them n after the various auction houses insisted due to increased auction results n increased returns adding on to that many of the then graded coins were submitted to be cac'd to add on more increased returns, prior to these decisions to sell, many of these higher end coins were not reflected in known censuses of their respective series n many such coins will remain raw until a decision to sell happens....

...to summarize:...poster once again has nothing to add to the discussion, more text book obsession to be a part of everything even if incoherently...babble, babble babble....

...respectfully disagree...i doubt it has exceeded 40% possibly 50% but doubtful...not all high end coins r destined to be graded nor do their owners so desire...in the not too far distant past i privately purchased a grouping of 5 US coins over 150 years since mintage that would grade in the ms65-67 range, same date, mint, denomination...this coin is considered one of the key dates for its respective series n is still currently reflected in the "red book" with a dash in the mint state column n none have been certified by any of the tpgs in mint state, i "placed" 4 of the 5 in private collector hands where they remain n to date none have been certified nor do i expect them to be at anytime in the foreseeable future...having the coins made public does not enhance their relative value...n the collecting community need not be privilege to the particulars of this information, its private...

...perhaps ur choice of "active" is a determinate?...just as a point for consideration, i observe n actively participate in local, regional n occasionally national estate sales n auctions n in the 90 percentile they almost always have coin collections, accumulations or groupings of coins, ditto for unclaimed safe deposit box auctions...once a collector always a collector even after death....

...w to the 6th...gotcha....

...wasnt much else there to hoard, wine n gold...define ur use of the word "french", people or govt or both n then or now or both?....

...dont let the word "saint" mislead u....

...escaped is an accurate description, but even columbia has entrance level standards....

...like roosters in paris....

...well if u like beefy looking washer women stomping on grapes go for it....

...her n brooke....

...to summarize:...nothing new, same old ...also, no relegation, bar is much higher....

...and lynda carter mite still come to ur house with her lasso....

...to summarize:...france is not a part of the british empire....

...u mite make it into a footnote in that text book yet....

...careful u dont want to throw out ur typing shoulder while patting urself on the back....

...should have bought a couple of attack dogs....

...to summarize:...the poster had nothing relevant to add....

..."almost immeasurably beyond"...voyager 1 did u copy that?....

..."flies in the milk"....

...if has reserve doubt it sells, if not bout same as last time....

...yep ones u need a stool to get to....

...i can tell u r a single malt guy n not a blended fan....

...so many words n space to say nothing...sad....