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Message:: [QUOTE="debordj, post: 1011799, member: 23344"]I think about this all the time (as a 39 year old guy).  I think younger kids may not get into the hobby but may pick it up later in life.  If the numbers drop, I think coins will then become similar to the art market.  Ultra rare investment grade coins will still have a very exclusive market, but coin prices for other lower "types" would fall significantly from today's highs.  That is why people are willing to gamble and pay ridiculous prices for 2010 1c PR70 coins.  I buy stuff that I fall in love with.  I hope that my sons never (or me for that matter) have to ever sell the coins.  I got started collecting because the last time I saw my grandfather when I was home on military leave before he died, he gave me a big bag or circulated SBA and IKE dollars to give to the boys.  He wasn't a collector, but had put them away when he got them.  As I have posted before, those are the coins that got me started on my 7070 book.  Sure, they are circulated, but I wouldn't swap them out of my book for any other SBA or IKE in the world.  Maybe others will eventually have that sentimental experience that gets them to collect in the future and the hobby will continue.[/QUOTE]