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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 817995, member: 68"]Any coin at all can be a sleeper and for practical purposes the term "sleeper" is just a coin that might experience large increases in demand. Of course future demand for a collectible is always unpredictable. One can merely look at current trends and project forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barber coins and dimes are highly desirable coinms from an era that has never gotten as much attention as might be warranted. The coins mostly just got worn out in circulation and would be rare in nice condition today except many were set aside in unc. But the decades of attrition has reduced and degraded these coins so that the main thing standing in the way of higher prices is just that demand isn't as high as the older or newer coins. One of their weaknesses is that the keys are very high priced even in lower grades which will discourage some from attempting sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'd agree they are sleepers and probably will have their day eventually but it may not be soon. The dimes are easier so they might be more affected though it has the '94-S stopper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 817995, member: 68"]Any coin at all can be a sleeper and for practical purposes the term "sleeper" is just a coin that might experience large increases in demand. Of course future demand for a collectible is always unpredictable. One can merely look at current trends and project forward. Barber coins and dimes are highly desirable coinms from an era that has never gotten as much attention as might be warranted. The coins mostly just got worn out in circulation and would be rare in nice condition today except many were set aside in unc. But the decades of attrition has reduced and degraded these coins so that the main thing standing in the way of higher prices is just that demand isn't as high as the older or newer coins. One of their weaknesses is that the keys are very high priced even in lower grades which will discourage some from attempting sets. I'd agree they are sleepers and probably will have their day eventually but it may not be soon. The dimes are easier so they might be more affected though it has the '94-S stopper.[/QUOTE]
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