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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2943590, member: 76863"]Exposure is a large part of it. The more the market moved online the more collectors were exposed to things that they would otherwise have no idea existed. They were also exposed to nicer examples of the pieces than the typical world coins sold by the pound at many shops. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would also say the move away from set building has influenced it as well. More collectors are type collectors or collect whatever catches their eye types which makes them more open to new and interesting things than a specialist would be. </p><p><br /></p><p>For modern collectors I think the us mint has contributed as well. Their awful ultra modern products pale in comparison to what the rest of the world is doing. If someone started looking at world moderns it makes sense that at least some would get into other world issues as well[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2943590, member: 76863"]Exposure is a large part of it. The more the market moved online the more collectors were exposed to things that they would otherwise have no idea existed. They were also exposed to nicer examples of the pieces than the typical world coins sold by the pound at many shops. I would also say the move away from set building has influenced it as well. More collectors are type collectors or collect whatever catches their eye types which makes them more open to new and interesting things than a specialist would be. For modern collectors I think the us mint has contributed as well. Their awful ultra modern products pale in comparison to what the rest of the world is doing. If someone started looking at world moderns it makes sense that at least some would get into other world issues as well[/QUOTE]
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