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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 101873, member: 68&quot;]I started collecting from pocket change in 1957.&nbsp; There was nothing of any value because there had been millions of people scouring change for rarities even since before WW II.&nbsp; Anything of real value was gone by 1945 and this was when the real assault on rare coins started.&nbsp; I was the most disappointed when the coins were changed in 1965.&nbsp; Suddenly we went from being able to find anything from four or five different mints dating back into the 19th century to all the new junk coins having no mintmark and the prospect of having only the 1965 date for the rest of time.&nbsp; By the end of 1966 they had changed the date and soon dating was normal again and mintmarks were back.&nbsp; There was still little reason to collect these coins since they were so numerous and the mint would release brand new coins years after they were minted.&nbsp; Unless you were paying a lot of attention there were no varieties or much of anything special.&nbsp; As the years went by, things changed.&nbsp; Many varieties emerged and many of these &quot;common&quot; coins became very scarce in high grade or even just in nice attractive condition.&nbsp; Still people weren&#039;t looking at them.&nbsp; In 1997 when the states quarters became official it seemed that there would be an immediate run on the circulating quarters since these would soon be obsolete.&nbsp; While interest has picked up there is still no real run on these.&nbsp; There are numerous circulating rarities and one doesn&#039;t hear about the major coins getting found so there isn&#039;t a lot of looking.&nbsp; There are the key dates starting to get noticeably tougher so there is some interest.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are lots of coins in circulation which will be considered important in the future and many will have prices to match.&nbsp; Even grade rarities are possible to find in circulation;&nbsp; try finding a nice attractive &#039;69 quarter in XF/AU.&nbsp; While the coin is hardly rare in unc, attractive specimens are tough in any grade and even VF&#039;s are quite scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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