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Numismatics Strong During Pandemic

As I was doing my year-end analysis of precious metals, industrial metals, forms of energy, numismatic categories and paper assets such as currencies and stock indices, I grew curious how these assets have performed since the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It turns out that, from Dec. 31, 2019, through Dec. 30, 2022, the numismatic niches, gold, silver and platinum have out-performed all paper currencies

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