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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3696921, member: 66"]Yes. It would be rather obvious. Prices are set by supply and demand. If the bottom falls out of the number of collectors the demand goes way down, but the supply doesn't. If you have 10 rare coins and 50 eager collectors prices will be high. If you have 10 rare coins and only 5 eager collectors the price will be low.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the "great coin hunt" I HAVE seen people here and on other forums Posting old and obsolete coins they have found recently in circulation. When it happens though, for the most part no one mentions the coin hunt even though that is probably where they came from.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also have to realize that probably 90% of the coins put into circulation were Wheat cents, older Jefferson nickels and maybe some buffalos, with and without dates, badly worn V nickels, and some low grade indian head cents. There were probably very few better coins or silver circulated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3696921, member: 66"]Yes. It would be rather obvious. Prices are set by supply and demand. If the bottom falls out of the number of collectors the demand goes way down, but the supply doesn't. If you have 10 rare coins and 50 eager collectors prices will be high. If you have 10 rare coins and only 5 eager collectors the price will be low. As for the "great coin hunt" I HAVE seen people here and on other forums Posting old and obsolete coins they have found recently in circulation. When it happens though, for the most part no one mentions the coin hunt even though that is probably where they came from. You also have to realize that probably 90% of the coins put into circulation were Wheat cents, older Jefferson nickels and maybe some buffalos, with and without dates, badly worn V nickels, and some low grade indian head cents. There were probably very few better coins or silver circulated.[/QUOTE]
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