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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1006987, member: 19065&quot;]Points #1 and #3 are quite valid obsevations but I disagree with your point #2. </p><p><br /></p><p>What one person calls &quot;PC&quot; is often highly subjective when something doesn&#039;t resonate with them but it doesn&#039;t express the views of all. Coin collectors notoriously cling to the past and bemoan with nostalgia the older era of designs that are ingrained in the hobby&#039;s mindset, but the same conflicts and insider direction of new coin introduction and new designs went on, there are books on the history of coinage design and innovation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collectors focus heavily on the past and often shun the current and new. &#039;Modern&#039; coin collectors contend with being shunned all the time. Certainly, the review boards assembled to decide upon new designs are complex and have many egos and agendas to satiate, and they are never going to simply speak the voice of the collector, it&#039;s too small of a population to whom the coins serve. Collectors are not the audience they serve in the first place despite what most seem to feel. Collectors and dealers are a fraction of a thought in the overall consideration of new coins and their designs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Despite a majority of hobbyists disliking a new coin design initially, the Mint continues to sells out large mintages of new collectible coin products. Some say mintages are shrinking but the hobby is also a healthy growing one and willingly buys anything new. A lot of clever marketing sees to that as well. Bullion investors don&#039;t (shouldn&#039;t) give a hoot about a coins design, if they are pure investors, the design simply doesn&#039;t matter to them as much as the guarantee on the coin does. </p><p><br /></p><p>What you over generalize as the voice for all, &quot;what none of us would like.&quot; isn&#039;t reasonable to support your argument in point #2 for all those involved because a fraction of the overall base of coin hobbyists resists the new immediately and disapproves the politics of the process of new coin legislation. </p><p><br /></p><p>The best thing to do if you agree/disagree is to write your elected officials and to those proposing the new bill(s). Afterall, don&#039;t forget that without new designs the hobby would stagnate too and eventually by not attempting anything new, designers would suffer too, be less in need and unable to innovate. The bill is known as the &#039;Coin Modernization, Oversight and Continuity Act&#039; so it should allow for modernization of the process and to usher in new coin designs without being shackled to some nostalgic lost era.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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