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Message:: [QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 1906579, member: 21782"]You can get a pretty good idea of what the current collector base/demand is for most modern mint products from their current sales.  Traditionally, coins appreciate over time as new collectors join the hunt, this is a more stable market and many moderns fit this pattern.  A few fall into the “unexpected” sell out and/or very limited mintage categories and may experience a sudden surge in price, which inevitably follows a bell curve, yet settles above issue price, sometimes substantially. The key to speculating on moderns is choosing the ones with very low mintages, so that if demand increases, prices are affected accordingly.  Some mintages are so high, substantial increases in popularity will have no or little affect on price. To give an opinion to your question about mercury dimes, I do believe the number of collectors of the series will continue to dwindle, until it's relegated mostly to the type collector.[/QUOTE]