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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4240605, member: 19463&quot;]Actually, it has always been that way.&nbsp; When I started collecting 50+ years ago, I was aware that there were coins that I simply would not ever own but I felt that it was OK to be interested in ancient coins.&nbsp; Back then the coins I could not own were medallions (I would love to have one of the bimetallic types), extreme rarities (like the Phanes, Carausius triple bust and Noah&#039;s Ark coins) and the extremely rare fleur de coin examples of rare coins that I might afford in normal grades.&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, the list of coins known to me to exist has grown and the inflation of price for high grade coins means now I am aware of more coins I can&#039;t expect to own BUT the number of coins available to me has also grown.&nbsp; Unfortunately many of those coins have been declared to be uncollectable junk by so many people and costs of doing shows or running a store front has made it harder for underfunded collectors to start in the hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I&#039;m concerned, the hobby needs a way to get the new, the young and the poor together with the supply of decent, midgrade coins that are easy to read (not uncleaned blobs) and educational.&nbsp; I have no problem with those who have money to support dealers who charge a minimum of $40 to handle a coin but I hope we find a way for FFIVN and his generation to spend his allowance on coins like those shown by svessien (several of which I would love to have).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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