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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 1335945, member: 3726&quot;]No - I disagree and I do not think we are in the golden age of collecting.&nbsp; Yes - more are buying and more are collecting.&nbsp; There is good and bad in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>One possibility is all the new collectors(even those in 30 years) like high MS or high proof cameo coins creating a demand for the moderns and thus driving up the prices.&nbsp; So in thirty years it could be reversed - high demand for moderns and low demand for older coins.&nbsp; Now for the lower 1800&#039;s coins you have plenty of nice pieces available, but in low grades - even the higher MS grades are not the quality of the moderns.&nbsp; If nobody collects them - they are worthless in 30 years.&nbsp; Think of it like the 1909-S VDB coin - a not rare coin with a high demand and a high price.&nbsp; Yet there are several coins with lower mintages that you can get cheaply.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector I am not worried about what my collection will be worth in 30 years - I want the best possible collection for me to look at.&nbsp; Heck in 30 years I will be probably be dead and I do not really care what my heirs get out of the collection. I will make some recommendations for disposal, but that is it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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