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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 74004, member: 68&quot;]The hobby will probably survive as a mass market for at least a couple more </p><p>generations and the reason is all those junky clad coins in circulation.&nbsp; Back in</p><p>the &#039;50&#039;s the baby boomers were reaching the ideal age to become collectors</p><p>during a time that there were already millions of people scouring pocket change</p><p>and removing anything of interest.&nbsp; Several million more children checking the </p><p>change made certain that it was simply wiped clean.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is circulating coinage more than anything else that attracts people to collecting</p><p>and it was circulating coinage that most collectors percieved as boring that pre-</p><p>vented people from looking at it very closely.&nbsp; This changed in &#039;99 with the states </p><p>quarters and there were suddenly millions of people looking at the coins again.&nbsp; They</p><p>not only saw the states coins they also saw the older coins and wondered if they </p><p>could complete a set of them.&nbsp; They&#039;ve bought hundreds of thousands (millions) of</p><p>folders for the old cents, nickels, and clad in circulation.&nbsp; They mainly don&#039;t know</p><p>much about what to expect and what&#039;s common or rare but they are learning.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Price guides don&#039;t list the circulated grades but then until last year the Redbook</p><p>listed most gem clad as being worth only a few times face value.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is much easier in the modern age for collectors to learn the basics and progress</p><p>very rapidly in learning the hobby but most of the next generation of collectors </p><p>are filling folders and learning it on their own.&nbsp; They&#039;re coming along.&nbsp; In the mean</p><p>time circulation is still full of a lot of great coins that haven&#039;t been checked again</p><p>and again by every type of collector.&nbsp; There are rarities and coins in high grades.</p><p>There are varieties.&nbsp; Many of the most important moderns have come right out of</p><p>circulation or, in a few cases, were intercepted right before they got into circulation.&nbsp; </p><p>There are huge numbers of people collecting or observing the states issues.&nbsp; Many</p><p>of these are already legitimately referred to as collectors and as time goes on more</p><p>will catch the spark and be consumed by collecting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The hobby is being revitalized and it will become more apparent as time goes on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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