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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 18766, member: 68&quot;]One of the most fascinating aspects of the entire process is that despite the fact that the aging collector base knows there&#039;ll need to be a new generation of collectors over the next couple decades that they often will slam the newbies and their collections.&nbsp; While this may not be as prevalent as it was a few years ago, it still occurs.&nbsp; There are many obstacles to collecting most of the moderns and being told your coins are junk can not be any help in overcoming them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically there are so few who collect moderns that the numbers of people collecting these will probably increase whether there are any newbies or not.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t the modern markets which are wholly dependent on getting a new generation of collectors, it is the classic markets!!&nbsp; Yet it is the always classic collectors who belittle the moderns coins which attract many newbies and some newbies collect exclusively.&nbsp; It&#039;s almost as though many people would prefer to see all coin collecting diminish rather than see people collecting moderns.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Much of the upturn in the US market is caused by a return of baby boomers (ages 40 to 58) to the hobby.&nbsp; These are people who collected coins in their youth and whose attention was again drawn to coins by the states quarters.&nbsp; Very few of these people have any interest in moderns.&nbsp; Most are collecting the same coins they did as youngsters.&nbsp; Many are expanding to include older coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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