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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2027988, member: 15929&quot;]I might get down on my knees and cry a river or despair and loament along with folks except for one thing:</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Collectors have never started collecting coins because of the silver content and those &quot;seed&quot; coins being referred to were probably shiny new Lincoln Cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 30&#039;s, 40&#039;s and 50&#039;s, the actual &quot;seeds&quot; which started many collectors wasn&#039;t the almighty &quot;Silver Dollar&quot; as much as it was the ad&#039;s run by B. Max Mehl promoting the &quot;riches&quot; that could be found in pocket change which at the time, didn&#039;t contain silver dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those ads ran in magazines, newspapers, comic books (for the youngsters) and on books of matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Combine those ads with the availability of the old Whitman Coin Folders and millions of future coin collectors were born.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the Casino&#039;s in Nevada were not hesitant in the least to display all kinds of different Silver Dollar treasures which in and of themselves had NOTHING to do with coin collecting as much as they had to do with figuring out ways of showing off something made with Silver Dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, the bottom line is that folks collect coins simply because each piece has, at the minimum, face value. They come in dates and, as some discover, come with different mintmarks. They represent the perfect item to set aside and line up for display. A more refined collector will limit what s/he keeps to only the best examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, some folks get all googoo eyed over the fact that a Kennedy Half will show up which they can then sell for more than its face value because of the silver in the coin but then those folks aren&#039;t collectors. They&#039;re silver flippers who could potentially &quot;turn into collectors&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There will come a point in time (if we are still around) where money of all types will be eliminated and replaced by global credits. We are very close to that point right now with the advent of online shopping and direct deposit. Very few people actually cash paychecks (?) any more and instead opt into direct deposit. A lot of folks use credit and debit cards on a daily basis in lieu of &quot;cash transactions&quot;. Heck, even the Welfare Departments around the country issue debit cards in lieu of Welfare checks!</p><p><br /></p><p>When money goes away in favor of &quot;credits&quot;, what then? When common folks no longer have contact with coins and they lose interest in those shiny brand new objects of metal which can be used to...hey wait, can coins be used to buy anything anymore other than a candy bar, car wash or Laundromat?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I lament the loss of a silver coin? Not anymore than I lament losing interest in the Hula Hoop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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