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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;justminted, post: 26848, member: 1829&quot;]National colllector you seem to speak as someone who has much experience in coin collecting. I will make no bones about it that I like the hobby as a means to have valuable beautiful rare coins that will or should increase their &quot;Value&quot; in the future. I am sure most in this group would agree that their is a &quot;Pride&quot; feeling knowing that the rare beautiful gem they purchased (or traded for) has a monetary value to it. They could sell it if they wanted to and hopefully get close to if not more than what they paid for it. </p><p>&nbsp;If I were just into beauty, then I would hoard mostly Eagles but I want to be able to appreciate the true rareness of vintage coins too. You seem to deminish the importance of the Red Book and that&#039;s fine. I have seen the overhyped modern stuff being overhyped on Coin Vault and grabbed my Red Book and seen their stuff is overpriced but their marketing is schtick is slick. I jotted down the coins or sets they were rah rahing and compared to a nearby coin shop whose values were almost spot on to the Red Book. So at least for my purposes, I like having the Red Book around.</p><p>As for the Demand for the more modern coins, I think the demand is greater due to The Internet and slick marketing. A proof set of only 3+ years ago skyrockets because this more modern stuff is overhyped. The young collector that starts out on the 50 State Quarters can relate to the coin because it is available through everday circulated coinage. So he/she thinks it&#039;s hip to collect the series. He/she gets further into collecting and starts getting new stuff from the US Mint and before you know it, if he/she bought up a few of this and that (2001 Buffalo Commeratives 2001 Proof Sets) then they have quadroopled thier investment in 3 short years. Bizarre to say the least. </p><p>So it seems like their is a New way to concentrate on the hobby by giving into to the Modern stuff knowing that their is a captive demand out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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