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<p>[QUOTE="TylerH, post: 3175150, member: 97181"]I once started writing a book about the psychology of collecting and how to let go and while it’s semi related, this advise has helped me quite a bit when figuring out where to focus a bit</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint is making billions of these quarters. And there are hundreds and hundreds of people like you collecting them and keeping them in mint condition. Fast forward 20, 30 years there will be a surplus of mint conditioned quarters and supply will far outweigh demand. This is the same for modern comics books, sports cards, toys, etc. (of course minus exceptions and limited editions, etc)</p><p><br /></p><p>My advise would be to take these quarters and save them for the purpose of basically “saving up” for better coins. Instead of having 15$ in common quarters, go on eBay and buy a MS graded war Nickel (I just got an ms 65 for under 15 shipped). Something more rare and with longer term collectability. Honestly the nickel will never be worth 100$ but it will retain some value well over face, and it has a silver element. Or, just but silver quarters (about 3$ each) and hold them as a precious metal investment. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just my 2 cents. The one trend in all collecting hobbies is always “buy the best you can and hold it”. In coins that can be done for 15$ or $15,000 which is nice for everyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TylerH, post: 3175150, member: 97181"]I once started writing a book about the psychology of collecting and how to let go and while it’s semi related, this advise has helped me quite a bit when figuring out where to focus a bit The mint is making billions of these quarters. And there are hundreds and hundreds of people like you collecting them and keeping them in mint condition. Fast forward 20, 30 years there will be a surplus of mint conditioned quarters and supply will far outweigh demand. This is the same for modern comics books, sports cards, toys, etc. (of course minus exceptions and limited editions, etc) My advise would be to take these quarters and save them for the purpose of basically “saving up” for better coins. Instead of having 15$ in common quarters, go on eBay and buy a MS graded war Nickel (I just got an ms 65 for under 15 shipped). Something more rare and with longer term collectability. Honestly the nickel will never be worth 100$ but it will retain some value well over face, and it has a silver element. Or, just but silver quarters (about 3$ each) and hold them as a precious metal investment. Just my 2 cents. The one trend in all collecting hobbies is always “buy the best you can and hold it”. In coins that can be done for 15$ or $15,000 which is nice for everyone.[/QUOTE]
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