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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 1562755, member: 38783&quot;]Some coins, yeah probably.&nbsp; However, I don&#039;t think that&#039;s too different from now, just look at Morgans and Peace Dollars.&nbsp; I believe that&#039;s a good example to use, because there&#039;s a very wide range in pricing for the series&#039;.&nbsp; There&#039;s melt value ones, low MS with mass-attainable pricing, and then there&#039;s the real nice, high end ones which contain plenty of specimens that are well out of most folks&#039; budgets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the key is desirability, and mintage numbers over time.&nbsp; There were certainly lots of Morgans for the time, and (this is my pure speculation/belief, I don&#039;t have numbers to back this up without doing the research) I believe comparable ratios of coins to people for that time period, just like there&#039;s probably a similar ratio of modern collectables to people today.&nbsp; Over time, lots were taken out of the public&#039;s hands (melting, etc), and the numbers dwindled, making the remaining ones (at least the lower mintages to start) that much more desirable.&nbsp; Then again, there&#039;s so much of a storied past with those coins, I think that helps to drive the demand for them, which I&#039;m not sure if there&#039;ll be such a background driving the moderns (yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;re asking a good question, but I think it&#039;s a very difficult one to answer at the moment.&nbsp; I kinda think it&#039;s just like what happened to Ikes.&nbsp; They really didn&#039;t take on as a collectible, but I personally am starting to really like them, and am hoping that over time more folks will discover them.&nbsp; Subsequently I&#039;m hoping they will turn into a better collectible, with prices driven by popularity instead of inherent silver content, as is the case now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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