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<p>[QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2424516, member: 78153"]I have exchanged hundreds of posts with you elsewhere and I have never either stated or implied that anyone should not collect moderns if they prefer them. That I do not choose to share your enthusiasm for the coins you prefer is another consideration entirely and hardly "bashing". In my 10 years on coin forums, I have never encountered anyone else who takes offense as easily as you do when anyone has the "audacity" to question the merits of the coins they like.</p><p><br /></p><p>The extract you quoted from my last post is an accurate description of collector perception of this series (Jefferson nickels) in the AGGREGATE TODAY and SINCE INCEPTION in 1938. Additionally, I have yet to see any reason from anyone anywhere in any post I have ever read remotely supporting that a series such as this one will experience a "quantum leap" in popularity where it will make any noticeable difference in the future price level <b>except as already exists today for the specializations I already listed.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>As for why the chances are remote for the series generically, I have given you many reasons, the first being that I see the chances as zero that coin collecting will become sufficiently popular to absorb the astronomical supply since most Americans are almost certainly going to either be poorer or a lot poorer years or decades from now compared to today. I state Americans because I also know that foreigners are certainly not going to like any US moderns in any number where it will be noticeable in the price level either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2424516, member: 78153"]I have exchanged hundreds of posts with you elsewhere and I have never either stated or implied that anyone should not collect moderns if they prefer them. That I do not choose to share your enthusiasm for the coins you prefer is another consideration entirely and hardly "bashing". In my 10 years on coin forums, I have never encountered anyone else who takes offense as easily as you do when anyone has the "audacity" to question the merits of the coins they like. The extract you quoted from my last post is an accurate description of collector perception of this series (Jefferson nickels) in the AGGREGATE TODAY and SINCE INCEPTION in 1938. Additionally, I have yet to see any reason from anyone anywhere in any post I have ever read remotely supporting that a series such as this one will experience a "quantum leap" in popularity where it will make any noticeable difference in the future price level [B]except as already exists today for the specializations I already listed.[/B] As for why the chances are remote for the series generically, I have given you many reasons, the first being that I see the chances as zero that coin collecting will become sufficiently popular to absorb the astronomical supply since most Americans are almost certainly going to either be poorer or a lot poorer years or decades from now compared to today. I state Americans because I also know that foreigners are certainly not going to like any US moderns in any number where it will be noticeable in the price level either.[/QUOTE]
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