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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1320594, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s not like I haven&#039;t been watching it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to stay ontopic of just the past ten years though.&nbsp; Though there are probably lots of winners from the past ten years but it takes time to tell survivorship.&nbsp; It&#039;s tough to predict future demand so low mintages might not be a sign of a sure winner.&nbsp; Any of the low mintages and apparently low survivorship coins are definite candidates though.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you look farther back then it&#039;s easier to predict coins that will be winners because they have some track record.&nbsp; Of course many of these are still waiting for a little demand to develope to have much effect on their prices.&nbsp; Some highly desirable coins like the &#039;82-NMM dimes still exist in hoards that will put off increases until the hoards have all been sold.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like the coins that are in the &quot;sweet spot&quot; of the grading scale.&nbsp; Sure the pop tops get all the attention and big increases but that&#039;s because demand is still very small and there&#039;s ample supply of coins that are &quot;merely&quot; gem.&nbsp; Among my favorites are cents from &#039;69, &#039;75, 79-D, &amp; &#039;84-D, in nice attractive chUnc.&nbsp; This means near gem.&nbsp; The amount of demand for something like an attractive &#039;84-D penny is staggering but the supply is severly constrained.&nbsp; In nickels almost everything in near gem or full blazing gem without full steps is remarkably underpriced.&nbsp; Most nickels that are clean AND well stuck are quite scarce.&nbsp; I like the &#039;68 DDO dime.&nbsp; This is fairly common but a lot of people will want at least one example of a modern DDO and this coin is available.&nbsp; Since it can be found in mint sets it makes it more desirable and more attainable.&nbsp; Most of the clad dimes aren&#039;t very tough in gem but this is the sweet spot for these; gem.&nbsp; As few as 2% of some dime dates in the mint sets are gem so lots of collectors chasing 2% of surviving mint set mintage could have a major impact.&nbsp; Most clad dimes are probably scarcer in unc than the &#039;50-D nickel and only 5 to 10 percent are gemmy.&nbsp; Only 2 to 5 percent are gem.&nbsp; Quarters are my favorite and always have been but they are no longer runaway favorites.&nbsp; The survivrship of these is very poor and the quality tends to be lower as well.&nbsp; There are numerous varieties though most are too rare to get mass appeal.&nbsp; There are some that will be highly attractive because they can still be found in circulation and once everyone is looking hundreds of G, VG and F examples will start being found.&nbsp; Higher grades will be rare and these lower grades will not be at all common.&nbsp; It makes an interesting situation where there are no mid-grades and this will raise their appeal as well.&nbsp; I&#039;m not crazy about Kennedys except in very high grades and with clean shields on the reverse.&nbsp; These are a little tougher than quarters in high grade so if the demand ever comes around the price could go high.&nbsp; Ikes are great in the sweet spot and most Ikes have one.&nbsp; My favorite is a nice chUnc+ 1976 type I.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t even have to be near gem, just a nice attractive coin.&nbsp; Another that is overlooked is the 1974 with nice attractive surfaces.&nbsp; These come beat up in rolls and mint set coins usually have unattractive surfaces.&nbsp; PL&#039;s of this date are very rare (if they exist).&nbsp; Nice MS-64 coins are needed here.&nbsp; All the &#039;71 and &#039;72 Ikes are elusive in nice attractive unc.&nbsp; The &#039;78-D comes really nice so the fairly &quot;common&quot; MS-65&#039;s get overlooked.&nbsp; the &#039;79-S SBA in gem is underappreciated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t forget the proofs.&nbsp; It might or might not be a good idea to look at these but they are beautiful coins.&nbsp; And they are pretty cheap.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it can hurt to set aside a few sets with nice choice coins especially of dates where the uncs are bad like 1982.&nbsp; Commems are tougher to figure as are the eagles and various special issues.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to worry about set premiums but for those who are it might be a good idea to set aside things like early souvenir sets or &#039;81 SBA sets.&nbsp; Early prestige sets are just about free.&nbsp; Silver proof sets are getting melted like there&#039;s no tomorrow but there probably will be.&nbsp; Don&#039;t assume all the states coins are going to be junk.&nbsp; There are millions of collectors and they aren&#039;t going to stop just because the series did.&nbsp; The coins in circulation might attract new collectors who aren&#039;t even born yet or the children of those yet unborn.&nbsp; You can&#039;t just go out and buy a few dozen nice choice WY quarters that aren&#039;t SF.&nbsp; Most collectors don&#039;t have nice examples of many of these and when they go to upgrade the supply could be long gone. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collecting has always been a lot of fun and one of the biggest parts of the fun is with new issues but this went way out of style in 1965.&nbsp; I still believe it is going to come back.&nbsp; People are going to start saving brand new coin again for future collectors and they are going to collect the copins that have been used in commerce since 1965.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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