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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3619502, member: 15588&quot;]Wow - I haven&#039;t heard the words &quot;First Day Covers&quot; for what seems like decades. They used to be a pretty big deal and I think I still have a small pile of them, but with the stamp crash and letters more or less disappearing from people&#039;s lives, the interest seems to have dried up. That Project Mercury one with John Glenn is pretty awesome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though coins have a ways to go, the same thing could happen if all money goes electronic. People may just lose interest in something that they no longer see day to day. People who appreciate history will probably still care, but likely few others. Hopefully we won&#039;t see a thread in the future for Silver Eagles that says something like &quot;people just melt &#039;em for the metal. Why buy them otherwise?&quot; People living in&nbsp; the 1950s and 1960s would probably be shocked if they had know that, decades later, dealers wouldn&#039;t even be able to give away First Day Covers. I&#039;m even slightly, though only <i>slightly</i>, surprised.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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