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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1889979, member: 68&quot;]This is the shame of it;&nbsp; that they got a well respected numismatist to write it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I certainly understand how collectors can look at US coins and find only pre-1933 coins worthy.&nbsp; Later coins were either saved or were debased.&nbsp; Some people wouldn&#039;t want to collect such coins. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The fact that so many people agree is symptomatic of the fact that most collectors hate moderns and hate base metal coins.&nbsp; If we were still making silver this modern bashing wouldn&#039;t still be going on but it&#039;s simply impossible that all these coins would still be made out of silver because there isn&#039;t so much silver on or in the planet and the price would explode.&nbsp; How do you make a dime out of silver if the price had exploded&nbsp; back in 1966?&nbsp; This is why I say most modern bashers are still looking from a 1964 perspective. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Frankly it no longer bothers me at all that they are never going to collect moderns.&nbsp; I&#039;ve accepted this after all these years.&nbsp; What bothers me is the constant negativity toward moderns will serve only to dissaude new collectors from collecting at all.&nbsp; They are told that even the valuable moderns are just overpriced junk so they figure what can their own collections of circulating coins be worth.&nbsp; Sure,&nbsp; some will go and collect worthy indian cents made in much larger quantities than their own 2009 issues which are just junk but more will just give up in frustration. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They are driving the next generation of collectors from the hobby&nbsp; like modern manufacturers drive away their own customers by lowering product quality and package sizes. What better symbol of this age could possibly exist than a zincoln collection in Gem?&nbsp; It&#039;s incredibly cheap because of modern bashing.&nbsp; It&#039;s worth less than nothing as a circulating medium due to inflation. And&nbsp; it represents what this age could be if we actually applied ourselves.&nbsp; Best of all it will keep you busy for years trying to find the tough dates.&nbsp; Bashers can&#039;t see this. They see a few peoplwe bidding up MS-70 coins and figure that it represents money that could be competing for and driving up the prices of &quot;real coins&quot; like an 1804 cent.&nbsp; Like everything now days their words and actions reflect shortsightedness and no wisdom.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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