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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 22111, member: 57463"]Key coins in a range of grades, the 1877 Indianhead, 1916-D Mercury and so on. Semi-keys in a range of grades.  Wire rim Saints. No Motto Saints.  High relief Saints. In paper, the Educational Notes, for instance. Proofs in all series. Deep Cameo Proofs in all series, but for coins 1970 and later Proof-70 only. Ancients: the toughest of the 12 Caesars: Nero, Claudius, Tiberius, and the four Caesars of 69AD.  In sestertii, denarii, and aurei. Ancients: portraits of Julius Caesar. Ancients: Alexander the Great in high grade, drachms, tetradrachms, and gold staters. Dusty areas of numismatics, such as Conder Tokens, Hard Times Tokens, etc. Speculatively, for the next generation, the theory is that Mexican numismatics will explode and it has already shown some growth.  Some of that is from US collectors expanding (manifest destiny!) but some of this now and we guess in the future, is (or will be) the result of the gains of Hispanics, especially those who have no direct links to the old country.  (At least that's the theory that explains the continued interest in Irish and German coins.) One caveat: when the stock market tanked in 2000, you could not get rid of US $20 gold coins.  In an article, I quoted one major auction house that said that they were a bargain.  "It's not like anyone wants them."[/QUOTE]