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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 838673, member: 68&quot;]Well, let&#039;s face it, most of the states quarters aren&#039;t really worth anything. Most of them are typical examples of typical states.&nbsp; People will have lots of rolls of Hawaii right now but how many Tennessee. If people do have a tougher roll like a P Delaware it&#039;s a safe bet it will be pretty typical because most people didn&#039;t go looking for choice rolls.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But old timers often don&#039;t stop to think about some of these distinctions.&nbsp; Just because someone collects states coins doesn&#039;t mean he&#039;s an unsophisticated boob with worthless coins.&nbsp; Indeed, even if his coins are worthless he might strill be learning a lot about numismatics and collecting.&nbsp; And the coins aren&#039;t necessarily so worthless.&nbsp; He just might have the extra leaf WI issues or have gone to the trouble to track down superb specimens of the early coins.&nbsp; Just maybe since all the mint set coins are SF now his &#039;05 to date gems are going to soar in value in the next several years.&nbsp; Maybe he&#039;s been cherrying the proof and mint sets or buying slabbed coins from the major graders.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to see the same thing when people ask about newer coins;&nbsp; a chorus telling him to spend them.&nbsp; Sure, many times this is the best advice but this same advice is one of the reasons it&#039;s so hard to find older clad rolls.&nbsp; Dealers would just hand them back and advise the person to spend them.&nbsp; There weren&#039;t many to start with and then this didn&#039;t help. </p><p><br /></p><p>No one should ever be belittled because of his collection.&nbsp; I suppose my little buffalo nickel collection back in 1957 was pretty pathetic by most peoples&#039; standards but no one needs to be told that their coins are junk and will never be worth anything.&nbsp; There are far better ways to break it to someone than to be discouraging.&nbsp; It breaks my heart to see young children walk into a coinm shop excitedly and walk out dejectedly.&nbsp; They may not stop collecting but it can&#039;t be good for them, their coins, or the hobby.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, in the last few years I really think people have been doing a pretty good job with encouraging kids.&nbsp; It&#039;s no one&#039;s responsibility and we all have other things to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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