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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 176732, member: 68&quot;]I think the modern age starts with the introduction of all base-metal coinage so it varies from one country to another.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t the fact that there&#039;s no silver which causes the need for a&nbsp; new term for the era, it&#039;s the fact that in almost every single case collectors simply quit saving the coins.&nbsp; Millions and millions of coins were saved up until 1965 by hoarders, speculators, dealers and collectors.&nbsp; After this very very few coins were saved, and more importantly, people didn&#039;t collect the coins.&nbsp; When you see old time collections they usually end right at 1964 or 1965 even for the cents and nickels which were essentially unchanged from previous issues.&nbsp; The government and the mint had taken many steps to discourage collectors and they worked.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is about the same story in every country though in most places it happened years earlier.&nbsp; This started after the war and becanme extremely pronounced in 1950 so world coins might be considered modern after 1950 and US in 1964.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>With the introduction of the states quarters and the Euro people all over the world have gotten interested in coins again.&nbsp; But, more importantly, they are collecting them again and setting them aside for the future.&nbsp; This necessitates the use of the term &quot;ultramodern&quot; to differentiate these from the older coins.&nbsp; This varies a little from country to country as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many millions of people in the world collecting ultramoderns and this demand is pushing many of the less available or more desirable coins to previously unimaginable heights.&nbsp; A few of these collectors also seek the older moderns which is pushing them higher as well.&nbsp; This is the next generation of collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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