Reverse proof Roosevelt dime most significant coin of century.

Fat chance. This is the "I gotta have mine now" phase.

 

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Maybe. I don't know, many, including myself, not that I have them graded, only got one 70 set out of five. If the pop comes out low for 70's, they could carry a big premium. Anyone know what the TPG'er populations are so far?

 

If the 1916-D could talk: "They're hot with ram induction but it's understood I got a fuel-injected engine sittin' under my hood."

 

Too early for enough of a representative sample on this one, but most of the near equivalent coins lately hover around 50% 70's. In fact, that lends credence to my "con flip" theory, doesn't it? Huh.

 

If the 1916-d could talk, it would be begging these two 2015 dimes to let it hangout with them.

 

So very true. Collectors with any degree of compulsive behavior can't stand to wait for a possible shakeout in pricing. I'm fairly level headed, (at least I think I am), but too have displayed impatience when needing to acquire the last coin to complete a set.

 

You know Eddie, you should let your subliminal thoughts guide you. Just the fact that you compare the 1916-d to these two 2015 dimes says volumes.

 

And the sky on your planet is what color?

 

Very true, but, rationally, you should only pay current prices if you believe you won't be able to buy it for less later.

 

Is this a trick question? Blue, of course.

 

We feel your pain, brother. [bites his lower lip in the Clintonesque empathy gesture style]

 

I believe I'll be able to buy almost any coin I'll ever be able to afford for less later. So I buy just for kicks. I never count on any coin going up, unless it's in the glossy catalog category, where the obscenely wealthy (the other economy) play.

 

Really? Just about every modern I bought over the last 30 years is up, some way up. My classic 1916-d is down, so I kinda don't like it right now.

 

Different story. I'm talking from here on. I am bearish on the whole hobby. It's pure macroeconomics.

 

Well, I'm bearish on the classics, although some will set new records. The moderns are hotter than ever online, where apparently most collectors buy & sell these days.

 

We're in a slow-motion dive into where stamp collecting went.

 

Could be. If it happens, hope I'm in the game for the recovery. If the mint goes there, what happens? They lose on all these products, so they stop making them or they revert back to only high mintage proof & mint sets? Sure will be nice holding all these new keys.

 

Wait, do you mean they're finally retiring the Roosevelt design?

I feel like there's a big difference between "acquire the last coin to complete a set" and "acquire the latest coin to complete a set".

 

With stamps, yeah, they flooded the market with new products, but weren't they all super high production. Not the case for coins, very low production.

 

What I meant was what I wrote: "acquire the last coin to complete a set" Not sure why you interpreted that as a reference to Roosevelt dimes.