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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2621253, member: 68"]There's nothing "unusual" about preferring classics. Classics are older, seem to be more "historic", and many will prefer silver and gold. What is very unusual is that most existing collectors despise moderns. Many baby boomers don't even consider an Ike or a 1965 clad quarter to be a real coin. They consider them to be junk foisted on the public and more akin to chuck e cheese tokens. </p><p><br /></p><p>A very small percentage of collectors today have any interest but among the newer collectors the percentage is multiples of that demand. </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins have been around a long time now and have been virtually ignored that whole time. The supply has just evaporated away while newer and younger collectors continue to come on board. It appears that the demand is finally exceeding the supply. Since this demand is still tiny and has room to grow so much there should be explosive price increases coming up. I believe this would happen even if many people didn't try to move into the latest fad and get in on the ground floor. But when people see what some of these prices do that's exactly what they'll do. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll be selling into it the whole way. But I'll keep my collections and some "special" coins. Maybe I'll be able to afford the bust half collection I always wanted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2621253, member: 68"]There's nothing "unusual" about preferring classics. Classics are older, seem to be more "historic", and many will prefer silver and gold. What is very unusual is that most existing collectors despise moderns. Many baby boomers don't even consider an Ike or a 1965 clad quarter to be a real coin. They consider them to be junk foisted on the public and more akin to chuck e cheese tokens. A very small percentage of collectors today have any interest but among the newer collectors the percentage is multiples of that demand. These coins have been around a long time now and have been virtually ignored that whole time. The supply has just evaporated away while newer and younger collectors continue to come on board. It appears that the demand is finally exceeding the supply. Since this demand is still tiny and has room to grow so much there should be explosive price increases coming up. I believe this would happen even if many people didn't try to move into the latest fad and get in on the ground floor. But when people see what some of these prices do that's exactly what they'll do. I'll be selling into it the whole way. But I'll keep my collections and some "special" coins. Maybe I'll be able to afford the bust half collection I always wanted.[/QUOTE]
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