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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1543321, member: 112&quot;]For the most part I don&#039;t believe moderns will acquire much value in any of our lifetimes. I could turn out to be wrong, but those are my thoughts. They (moderns) are not put away in large numbers for the most part because it seems the majority of people think the same way I do. This is evidenced by the low numbers of higher grade examples of coins from the first few decades of the clad era.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;This line of thinking has been prevalent pretty much throughout history. People just never seem to think that coins of the present day will ever be worth anything and they tend to gravitate towards older coins for their collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are always, and always have been, the few who do collect coins of the present day. And today, that is where our higher grade examples of older coins come from - those people. And for the most part, they collect for the sake of collecting, not because they think the coins will be valuable some day. To me, those people are the very foundation of the entire hobby and we all owe them a debt of gratitude. For had it not been for them, we would not have the coins we have today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, collect what you like and forget about the rest. And a hundred years from now, people will be thanking you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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