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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 788311, member: 4552"]Famous old saying pertaining to what your noticing is Jumping on the Band Wagon. If you think back when VHS tapes first came out, stores, shops, etc all over the place opened up. Then out came Beta tapes. All came crashing down when the big stores started to carry them. Then they too had a loss when out came those CD's and DVD's. Remember Beanie Babies? The newsmedia, shows, stores and even on TV everyone was talking about and selling them. Coin collecting has been going on for thousands of years. However, our Mint just did what the government did with USPostage stamps. Those too were a sort of great hobby. Then out came numerous varieties and the average person just gave up. Now your seeing the start of that with coins. A tremendous temporary increase in sales and interest everywhere due to the State Quarters. A few of the Mints other attempts failed. The Bicentennial Quarters and those silly varieties in the Jefferson Nickel. For right now this massive large variety in commemoratives, State Quarters, the now 20 variety of Lincoln Cents for 2009, have all created a similar surge in this hobby. I really hope this hobby doesn't go the same way as USPostage stamps, Beanie Babies, sports cards, Hot Wheel cars, etc.[/QUOTE]