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Message:: [QUOTE="fatima, post: 1349940, member: 22143"]I don't think this is a good prediction for these reasons:<ul> <li>The 1914D is a circulating coin from a century ago.  I was widely held and used for commerce since, at the time, it had the buying power of today's dollar.  In comparison the ASE is a collector's coin and won't have any connection to history.  Most Americans have never seen an ASE or even know what it is but they can easily identify with a penny.</li> <li>There has been close to a 100 years of demand to built up for the 1914d coin due mostly in part, to the generations of kids that got started collecting from common circulation due to the low costs.    I don't see this happening with a set of coins that costs what the ASE25 did and which normally don't hold much appeal to those outside of bullion investing circles.  </li> <li>I admit I don't know all the history of the 1914-D, but I notice in my guide that only a very small percentage of the surviving coins exist in MS grades and these are the ones with demand.  In comparison, because the ASE is a collector's coin, almost all of them are either MS69 or MS70 and because they don't circulate, will stay this way locked up in plastic holders.  Much different than finding a nice coin from 100 years ago that jiggled in someone's purse.   It's the biggest difference between a coin from historical circulation and a modern collectible. </li> </ul>[/QUOTE]