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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dimeguy, post: 653685, member: 19855&quot;]Wow. This is such a great post. Please forgive what may seem like a rambling post, but I do wish to address several of the items of which various members have already commented.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, the first issue: What of the dime and penny?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know I am a young one in the arena of professionals with years of experience, but I find that the dime and penny are both valuable coins to this hobby. As many has mentioned in my post about their first coins, it seems that the penny served for so many as the &quot;gateway coin&quot; of coin collecting. I&#039;m sure that many people start with the penny because of it&#039;s relative ease to read, acquire in change or in large rolls such as a bank, and because of the simplicity to fullfill a decent collection. I don&#039;t think the penny will ever loose steam in the collection world because of the aforementioned facts. As for 2009, it only served to heighten the expectations and collecting envy of penny collectors of past, as well as bring more collectors to our hobby, just like the statehood quarters did before it. In short, I don&#039;t think that the penny is undermined by our hobby, it simply seemed a bit forgotten by the professionals until the 2009 series arrived...but then again, maybe I&#039;m wrong. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for the dime, maybe I&#039;m biased, but I do find that it&#039;s a bit lacking in representation. I have a BU collection of Roosevelts and a VF-XF collection of Mercs, with my favorite being the 1921 P in F I saved for four months to acquire. I am proud of every dime I have acquired, and I see dimes as valuable in two main senses. First, the moderns are easy to collect. Any semi-serious collector can put a modern set together without much worry as to huge investment (such that would come with a Morgan set) or to completing the set (I think I&#039;m only missing three from the two sets mentioned above). There simply isn&#039;t much competition out there for dimes and I&#039;m sure that novice collectors, such as myself, enjoy this fact. Buying and bidding on various dimes seems low in comparison to the typical dollars, halves,&nbsp; or even quarters. Secondly, I find dimes a masterpiece of art. They typically represent the coin with the smallest amount of area, and still they say so much in the art they represent (especially the reverse) as well as the history. Everyone I&#039;m sure knows and appreciates the downfall of the Mercs because of scare of Communism. At the same time, one cannot help but squint their eyes in trying to behold everything on that reverse...horizontal, diagonal, vertical sticks in the fasces, the olive branch, the mint mark, not to mention the braids of Liberty in the front. There is just so much to behold on an area no bigger than a fingernail. The same goes for the Roosevelts. Everytime I see one I can&#039;t resist looking at that reverse to see all my eye can see. So, in short, yes, dimes may be the underdog of coin collecting, but for some, that&#039;s exactly how we like it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, finally (sorry for the long post), as for current trends, I would hope that the mint leave the dime as it is. I&#039;m sick spending what could go toward my dime fund to keep up with variations for one denomination...maybe that&#039;s just me though. The quarters were fun, the dollars commendable, the nickel begins overkill, fed up by the time the penny arrives. Leave the dime alone for now, for goodness sakes. As for the market, I&#039;m not a stocks or mintage analysis, but I&#039;m sure 2008/09 will be like most other years, just another affordable but interesting year for those penny hunters and dime enthusiasts. Again, sorry for the long post, but definately a great subject. Thanks,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Brad[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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