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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevereecy, post: 838800, member: 19884&quot;]Gotta say, I collect &quot;classic coins&quot;, but when the State Quarters came out, they reinvigorated me...pulled me back into the hobby.&nbsp; I went through 20 rolls of Delawares trying to find the best one to put in my spanking new Dansco, and went crazy buying multiple silver proof sets.&nbsp; I told my local coin shop that they should get involved and they didn&#039;t until the 4rth issue came out and they started chasing bags of the Delawares and Pennsylvanias.&nbsp; In the end, I had a bunch of Delaware rolls that I sold at a great price, A bunch of &#039;99 silver proof sets and I still have a kick butt set of pristine State Quarters that I enjoyed putting together.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m working on one from Circulation with my oldest daughter, and when she saw my set after working on her own for years, she was floored...it was a sweet moment.&nbsp; But the kicker is that the coin shop started buying them...they buy the mint bags and keep them in stock.&nbsp; And people off the street...non-coin collector types...have come into their store to buy them.&nbsp; It was very good for them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Despite all this, I do genuinely worry about the future of collecting because of the demographic changes and the fact that people barely even use change anymore...its all about swiping the cards now...and they have to see the coins to become infatuated with them.&nbsp; Maybe we have a generation or two or three...I just don&#039;t know.&nbsp; I&#039;m doing my part to bring in the kids...hope ya&#039;ll are doing it too for all our sakes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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