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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Daggarjon, post: 601962, member: 4230&quot;]i dont think it really has anything to do with affordability. People will spend $20 or more on a cent, but wont spend $10 on a $5 note. They dont think the note will ever carry any premuim, or dont like it, or any number of other reasons. Most believe paying a 100% preimum on a note is a waste, but will spend a 20,000% premium on a penny without a seonc thought... Folks have been collecting coins for hundreds of years. collecting notes is a much newer part of the hobby. Collecting coins is much deeper engrained in our society. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another aspect i think plays into what folsk collect is the difference in the objects themselves. Coins last 30 years in circulation, most notes last 18 months on average. for the most part, all folks can pull from circulation are the standard FRN. there is NO change or differane in anything out there. on occaision a red seal or silver cert will surface by either being spent or some other miraculous event. Coin on the other hand still ahev silver coinage for past eras to be found. Wheat cents are still out there, and alot of them. different designs on the nickel are out there, barber, buffalo, war time nickles. Quarters have had a huge boost in design changes as did the nickle a few years ago, and the cent now. There is a much larger probability that folks will get into collecting because of the larger percentage of different coinage in circulation. Sure they had changes in the FRN over the years, the colorful $10 and $20.. the upcoming redesigned $100. But those higher denominations is alot to sock away for a new collector. $1&#039;s and $2&#039;s are what should be redesinged to entice paper money collectors. And yet, here most coin collectors are advocating to abolish the dollar note for a coin - go figure. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the begining when a person is first startingo uot in collecting, yes cost is a factor when pulling cents from circulation or pulling $1, $2 or $5 from circulation. You can get alot of cents and nickles or any change for a single $5 note. But once collecting is firmly inplanted, a con collector has NO issues spending vast amounts of money for a cent orther small denominated coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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