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Message:: [QUOTE="ronnie58, post: 3031419, member: 90698"]Agree with the first thought.  But I still have an issue with the idea about variety collecting.  I know it is an established part of the field, and with early large cents and seated dimes it's a ride of it's own.  But rather than jump to the conclusion that it's all that's left, it seems like a lot of collectors could as well move on to a different series/denomination.      Especially with very early U.S. coins, doesn't sequestering dozens of the same year coin drive the price up for remaining examples available to the general collector?  Many times I have passed over a purchase because the premium for an R4 example wasn't worth it to me.    I'll save some time by supplying the expected answer to that:.  "Yes, but that's too bad, it's a free country (world, mostly), etc., so get over it."  Ok, sure, and a few high octane variety collectors in competition with each other are not going to kill the hobby.  But any community, in this case curators of historic coinage, can be flexible enough to encourage supportive elements and discourage retarding ones.[/QUOTE]