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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinage86, post: 189507, member: 7584&quot;]aha!&nbsp;&nbsp; I have at least one person saying the grade-raritites are a fad.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am glad to have at least one person say that.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think the high grades are so high that they have a lot of room to fall.&nbsp; &nbsp; whats not known is how many vault collections exist of raw coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; an author in a march 2007 magazine was talking about lincoln pennies.&nbsp;&nbsp; he said if collectors and dealers take time to break open old rolls, and some more specimens get graded high, then the coin that was bought at auction for $25,000 now is a $10,000 or a $5,000 coin,, because new specimens are graded.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; but the flip-side is how could the grade-rarities be a fad.&nbsp; its almost wishful thinking so the small collector like me can get bigger prices for the bottom grades.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I guess the question is: can the hobby promote itself to the public to create new coin collectors.&nbsp; Sure, its impossible to build the complete collection if you&#039;re not Bill Gates.&nbsp;&nbsp; The question becomes, can we get the public interested in coins to where&nbsp; If you generate enough interest,&nbsp; all the $30 AUs become $200 coins over 15 or 20 years?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1880-o is a nice date.&nbsp; I was wondering if anybody was going to comment on the 1880-o.&nbsp;&nbsp; Look at the common mintages:&nbsp; 8 million; ten million; 12 million.&nbsp; Theres 5 million 1880-o.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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