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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3926478, member: 77704"]If all paper currencies/ coins were to become obsolete (which will never happen), but lets say it will in next 50 years. This would even increase the popularity of numismatics, for nostalgic reasons/ artistic beauty of classical coinage/ and of course speculation and investment.</p><p>But, my view is not that good either for our hobby, new records are set with every year in auctions.Escalating prices have made the hobby unaffordable for many average collectors. This was also the case a hundred years ago, when only the "rich" dabbled in the hobby. There will be more and more people from Third World Countries, that when entering the "middle class" will take up hobbies/ including numismatics. The supply (esp. of Ancients) is never enough for the demand. But, thankfully many will buy the modern mint sets. collector coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3926478, member: 77704"]If all paper currencies/ coins were to become obsolete (which will never happen), but lets say it will in next 50 years. This would even increase the popularity of numismatics, for nostalgic reasons/ artistic beauty of classical coinage/ and of course speculation and investment. But, my view is not that good either for our hobby, new records are set with every year in auctions.Escalating prices have made the hobby unaffordable for many average collectors. This was also the case a hundred years ago, when only the "rich" dabbled in the hobby. There will be more and more people from Third World Countries, that when entering the "middle class" will take up hobbies/ including numismatics. The supply (esp. of Ancients) is never enough for the demand. But, thankfully many will buy the modern mint sets. collector coins;) John[/QUOTE]
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