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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2256068, member: 112"]Who says ? Most serious collectors <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And if you want to define "modern", the TPGs use 1964 as the dividing line. Post '64 equals modern. As a matter of fact until 2001 NGC refused to even grade any coins minted after 1964. That's how strong the bias against "modern coins" was for many, many, years. And to a very large degree that bias still exists. Now is that snobbish ? Yeah, maybe it is. Nonetheless it is quite real. And if you doubt it is real go to a coin show sometime, and see how many dealers you can find that are selling modern coins. Or look at the auction archives, and see how many moderns you can find in proportion to classic coins. Look and see how many coin books you can find written about moderns. They are few and far between. And no, I'm not being snobbish, there was a time when I collected moderns too. What I am being is realistic and relaying the facts. And the fact is the vast majority of coin collectors see moderns as being so much junk that is not worth collecting. And keep in mind, this is nothing new. It has been that way for hundreds of years. Personally, I believe that you should collect what you like. So if you like moderns, more power to ya. But don't expect to be thought of as a serious collector by most of those in the hobby, because you won't be.[/QUOTE]