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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3896719, member: 15588&quot;]I don&#039;t think this question has a simple answer, because people buy and pursue things for different reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people want to &quot;fit in&quot; and own things that others seem to want. Anyone new to the hobby would quickly pick up that the 1916-D Mercury is a desired coin by many, because it receives a lot of press and it <i>really</i> sticks out in the Mercury Dime section of the price guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people buy on perceived future value. The 1916-D Mercury seems to have always been desired, so it seems like a decent bet that it will continue to remain desired. It may not. Or it might. No one knows the future. Some people buy on perceived current value alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others buy to complete a set. Others buy things because their neighbors, friends or peer group have one. Others buy based on hype. Some people buy things irrationally (a lot of people buy things irrationally, <i>especially</i> collectors).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people buy something because they &quot;want it,&quot; but they may not be able to explain exactly why they want it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people buy for a combination of some or all of these factors, along with other factors not mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word &quot;popular&quot; captures some of the sense of all of this, but it seems a little too simple, though it&#039;s probably as useful of a word as one can come up with to explain the extremely complicated psychology behind the value of things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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