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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3933331, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t remember that time whether or not I once understood it remains unclear to me as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do disagree with one point:</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that the market has been obsessed with grade lately in no way insures what the market will be like in 20 years or 200.&nbsp; There was a time when great collections were defined as those which contained the most different types of coins.&nbsp; That was a more common view 200 years ago.&nbsp; When I started in the hobby, there was more emphasis placed on coins with eye appeal and some of us avoided coins that had strike or surface problems more than those with a little wear.&nbsp; I am amazed today at the prices brought by unworn coins with legends missing due to centering and surfaces with texture preferred over those worn to EF.&nbsp; We simply do not know what the fad will be in 20 years.&nbsp; I prefer to think we may find more people interested in fine style or coins with an interesting story and less on having an MS on every slab.&nbsp; I dream.&nbsp; I will never know but the youngest here might see a change.&nbsp; If the current trend away from collecting hobbies continues, none of us may be able unload our collections of silly old grandpa&#039;s stupid coins that can&#039;t be spent whether they are perfect or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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