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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1425167, member: 68&quot;]The way collectors collect is undergoing some change as well.&nbsp; Where it wasa once primarily date and mint mark collecting there are lots of theme and type collectors now.&nbsp; This, too, can open up whole new vistas of demand.&nbsp; For instance something like a queen Elizabeth type set might include coins from all over the world.&nbsp; Some might want a single representative sample of each type in gem or almost any grade.&nbsp; How this set is defined by the individual determines what&#039;s included.&nbsp; There are near endless options.&nbsp; Theme collecting is more popular than ever due to the greatly increased types of coins being issued each year (primarily for collectors). Here, too, possiblilities are endless.&nbsp; One can collect by material (like aluminum) or shape.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As prices increase the demand will normally drop as demand will flow to lower grades or different coins altogether.&nbsp; But the thing with moderns is that there are so many coins that are rare in unc and higher grades.&nbsp; Old coins were saved in similar numbers each year despite mintages.&nbsp; This means some of the low mintages were saved in large percentages.&nbsp; Many moderns just weren&#039;t saved at all because they were base metal and too common with their astronomical mintages.&nbsp; Most were poor quality as well.&nbsp; A lot of the post-WW II coins circulated for decades and then the survivors were melted.&nbsp; Nice attractive Uncs can be scarce and probably rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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