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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jetshack, post: 444498, member: 11725&quot;]I seriously doubt that hoarding has had any affect on mintages.&nbsp; The number of coins hoarded is minute compared to the total mintages (possibly not in the case of the State Quarter series).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see the connection between hoarding and lower book values.&nbsp; The lower book values are due to higher mintage numbers (mainly).</p><p><br /></p><p>If anything the minuscule amount of hoarded coins has probably helped the hobby as it allows young numismatics to build fairly high quality sets at a lower entry price.&nbsp; Once hooked on the hobby it would seem to me they would gravitate to some of the harder sets that contain the true values.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to what &quot;investors&quot; should collect... I have no idea.&nbsp; Investing in coins has never been that profitable...&nbsp; Collecting on the other hand is an entirely different story.&nbsp; If you collect a coin because you like it then it doesn&#039;t matter what the book value of the coin goes to.&nbsp; You&#039;ve got a coin you like...&nbsp; with the possibility that it will rise in value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the whole &quot;investing&quot; in coins thing is way overrated and over emphasized. While the concept of collecting is way underrated and under emphasized. </p><p>Just me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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