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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FlyingMoose, post: 160811, member: 6572&quot;]Thanks for the welcomes Cloud and YNcoinpro.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cloud,</p><p><br /></p><p>You said it must appreciate at a greater percentage rate forever, but then your example is the exact opposite.&nbsp; $10 to $20 is a 100% increase, as is $100 to $200.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, I don&#039;t see any reason for this not to be the case.&nbsp; Assuming the demand and supply stay the same, it should go up at the same rate as inflation (since people will have higher salaries, they&#039;ll be willing to spend proportionally more for the same items).&nbsp; However, the demand for old rare coins is increasing as more people get into the hobby, while the supply is decreasing as coins are lost, destroyed, or squirreled away by collectors.&nbsp; This should cause the prices to rise at a rate greater than inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, this will not be the case if either less people are collecting coins, or if collectors start paying less for the same coins.&nbsp; This seems unlikely, but is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the half-dime, I&#039;d like one nice-looking specimen, I&#039;m not planning to collect them.&nbsp; Maybe a 3-cent, also.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;m thinking it would be neat to have one of each size of coin.&nbsp; It looks like there are 12 circulating coins (not counting the gold): Half-cent, large-cent, current cent, two cent, three cent, three cent silver, nickel, dime, quarter, half, dollar, new dollar.&nbsp; Maybe one more if you count the SBA and Sac dollars differently.&nbsp; It sounds like a good starting point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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