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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2727707, member: 68"]I never seem to fit any categories. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I pre-date the "class of '64" by several years, never collected pennies as a youngster, and never pulled silver from circulation until 1969 when a built in profit began. Of course, I've been a huge fan of watching moderns since 1965 and a huger fan of collecting them since 1972. </p><p><br /></p><p>But these new collectors are visible if you know where to look. They are going to transform the hobby in just the next ten years and stand most of the markets on their ears. Nice coins will do well and mundane coins may lose almost all their demand. I can't imagine a F or VF 1936 buffalo nickel having very much demand, at least compared to the massive supply. Coins that were in circulation when the "class of '64" came around are just going to be too plentiful for the new market. Any coin that is extremely common is likely to suffer in the new enviroment. </p><p><br /></p><p>But great coins will "always" be in demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2727707, member: 68"]I never seem to fit any categories. :cool::( I pre-date the "class of '64" by several years, never collected pennies as a youngster, and never pulled silver from circulation until 1969 when a built in profit began. Of course, I've been a huge fan of watching moderns since 1965 and a huger fan of collecting them since 1972. But these new collectors are visible if you know where to look. They are going to transform the hobby in just the next ten years and stand most of the markets on their ears. Nice coins will do well and mundane coins may lose almost all their demand. I can't imagine a F or VF 1936 buffalo nickel having very much demand, at least compared to the massive supply. Coins that were in circulation when the "class of '64" came around are just going to be too plentiful for the new market. Any coin that is extremely common is likely to suffer in the new enviroment. But great coins will "always" be in demand.[/QUOTE]
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