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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 109093, member: 68&quot;]&quot;and you don&#039;t really know this anyway. There are BILLIONS. Over a Billion were minted in Phillie and Denver in 1999 ALONE with 2 million proofs. You want to discuss their rarity? Forget about it. Each grain of sand on the beach is truly one in a 100 trillion, and NOBODY collects them. And collectors haven&#039;t scanned even small fraction of Nickels, let alone Quarters, Dimes and Zinc Pennies.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re simply mistaken here.&nbsp; There are dozens of rare moderns and without exception they are worth a small fraction of the amount a comparable classic would be worth.&nbsp; There are also many conditionally rare moderns that are fairly scarce even in typical grades.&nbsp; Try to find a roll of 1969 quarters for instance.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been looking for this roll since 1972 and have yet to see one.&nbsp; I did see some of these in 1969 before I was collecting them and they were horrid. They had terrible strikes and were all marred from many collisions.&nbsp; One is left to seek out one of the few remaining mint sets but these coins are little better.&nbsp; There are no great piles of these which will spew forth large numbers of gems as soon as the price goes up sufficiently.&nbsp; The price is already well over a thousand dollars but where are the coins?&nbsp; The same thing applies to date after date and most of the varieties.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was always told that no one would ever collect this junk.&nbsp; Now that a handful do collect them I am told that one day they&#039;ll wake up and come to their senses.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe there are a lot of real collectors seeking these coins and that there will be more in the future.&nbsp; I believe all the arguments against them are purely emotional.&nbsp; Bit it really doesn&#039;t matter what you and I believe, it matters only what collectors as a group do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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