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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 191893, member: 68&quot;]I think there&#039;s a huge amount of truth here but I don&#039;t think the hobby will be </p><p>completely stood on its head.&nbsp; There will be radical changes because of the </p><p>radical changes in how people can collect and because it will be an entirely dif-</p><p>ferent group of people with radically different ideas.&nbsp; While things like themes,</p><p>tokens, medals, world coins, moderns, ultra-moderns and ancients will gain a</p><p>great deal, there isn&#039;t going to be a huge drop off in the sorts of things peo-</p><p>ple collect now.&nbsp; At least the rarities and more desirable coins will always find</p><p>a ready collector.&nbsp; Quality will always find collectors as will rarity and historical-</p><p>ly important coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The exact things collectors will be interested in will come to light as the years </p><p>go by but I&#039;m sure Longnine009 is correct that theme collecting will become more</p><p>popular.&nbsp; Also watch for varieties and types to gain in popularity.&nbsp; Something like </p><p>a 20th century world type collection can keep someone busy for years and it&#039;s </p><p>not going to get easier in the future.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite picks are tokens and medals that fit multiple specialties; a</p><p>token like a 1933 world&#039;s fair telephone token is primarily of interest to tele-</p><p>phone token collectors now, but in the future most specialists are likely to collect </p><p>more inclusively.&nbsp; This means not only varieties but also world&#039;s fair collectors</p><p>will become interested in this token.&nbsp; Those who collect Illinois memorabilia will</p><p>become interested.&nbsp; Right now there might be a few dozen of these in exist-</p><p>ence and this simply dwarfs the demand but what happens when there are sud-</p><p>denly a few hundred more collectors who are interested AND know that it ex-</p><p>ists? There will be a sort of rush throughout the hobby that affects one segment</p><p>after another and radically changes pricing structures.&nbsp; Things we take for grant-</p><p>ed like the availability of all the regular issue moderns will be seen to be wrong</p><p>because it is demand that determines price moreso than supply.&nbsp; Items with just</p><p>a few surviving can be cheap or dear just as can items with substantial numbers</p><p>surviving.&nbsp; If the demand for a $2 token can get up to a few hundred serious col-</p><p>lectors than the price can suddenly go up hundreds fold without losing much </p><p>demand.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There will be many realignments and not all will be upward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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