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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1928782, member: 68"]Moderns have never been collected and very few are collecting now. </p><p> </p><p>Many of these coins can NEVER be a mass collectors market like Mercury dimes or large cents because there simply aren't enough coins. People never saved them. </p><p> </p><p>I believe they are great collectable coins because if you can't find the uncs you can still search poundage for VF's and XF's. Just because coins are very cheap doesn't mean they aren't collectable. Just because coins are increasing rapidly in price doesn't mean they are "investor" coins. Indeed, I'd advise investors to stick with the old tried and true because the opportunities to lose money in world moderns is simply staggering and becoming greater every year. There are coins that have increased 40,000% in the last year. Maybe these are going far higher and maybe they'll lose 80% of their value next week if someone finds a roll of them. These can be very volatile markets and volatile markets are much better suited to collectors than investors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1928782, member: 68"]Moderns have never been collected and very few are collecting now. Many of these coins can NEVER be a mass collectors market like Mercury dimes or large cents because there simply aren't enough coins. People never saved them. I believe they are great collectable coins because if you can't find the uncs you can still search poundage for VF's and XF's. Just because coins are very cheap doesn't mean they aren't collectable. Just because coins are increasing rapidly in price doesn't mean they are "investor" coins. Indeed, I'd advise investors to stick with the old tried and true because the opportunities to lose money in world moderns is simply staggering and becoming greater every year. There are coins that have increased 40,000% in the last year. Maybe these are going far higher and maybe they'll lose 80% of their value next week if someone finds a roll of them. These can be very volatile markets and volatile markets are much better suited to collectors than investors.[/QUOTE]
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