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Message:: [QUOTE="cladking, post: 838479, member: 68"]That is the bottom line.  It is good for the hobby and good for collectors.  Most dealers not only basd mouth moderns but make no effort to stock them or give younger customers a break or encouragement.  Since newbies tend to be less sophisticated they might even have to pay more.  But the worst part is in their offers to buy.  Sure, they don't make verey strong offers on old coins either but these are established markets where values are more set in stone so fifty to ninety percent of wholesale isn't that bad.  But with moderns they don't even seem to care what whoilesale is.  They might actually offer melt value on MS-70 eagles or face value for a roll of 1983 quarters.  So modern collectors have to be their own dealers and find their own suppliers.  They are excluded from the hobby.  Of course this has been changing the last few years so I don't want slam dealers but I amn trying to make a point about the demographics in the hobby for the next couple generations.  Some things about the future really can be predicted.  Events can't be and short term trends are always invisible, but demographics is often "known" far in advance.  In this case it's apparent that old line dealers and collectors would be better served by encouraging new collectors than shutting them out.[/QUOTE]