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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 3124497, member: 43872&quot;]It seems more likely to me that, as far as circulation is concerned, memorials, and shields too for that matter, in the not-too-distant future will become more like half cents when cents are no longer produced.&nbsp; I wonder how long after 1857 could you still find or use one in trade?</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether there will still be enough collectors of minor coins around to make any of them worth anything will be more of a determiner of value than numbers of surviving coins.&nbsp; There are really at least two different hobbies in coin collecting.&nbsp; One is comprised of those who collect relatively common coins, largely from circulation.&nbsp; The other is made of those who collect scarce or rare coins, mostly from sales, more like the antique market.&nbsp; Most of us started out as the former as youngsters searching through change for unusual dates.&nbsp; In my youth (1950s-1960s) it was to put together a set of buffalo nickels or Lincoln cents (never did either).&nbsp; We graduated to spending a little time and money at a coin shop or buying through ads in Coin World.&nbsp; Now, as money allows, we shop auctions in person or on line, and the really rich pay thousands or even millions for those great rarities. How often do those who spend a few thousand dollars for coins still search rolls for wheat cents?&nbsp; The &quot;antique&quot; coin collector will always be around, as they have since the Renaissance.&nbsp; But two factors may greatly diminish the number of circulation collectors.&nbsp; One is the flooding of circulation with too many types, as has been referred to already in this thread.&nbsp; But a greater threat is electronic payments.&nbsp; Many young people today are not interested in collecting something they don&#039;t often use or see.&nbsp; Without the circulation collectors, the minor coins will be worth very little.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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