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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 120174, member: 68&quot;]I worry about the future of the hobby as well for similar reasons. When the states coins first</p><p>came out I&#039;d see a ten year old at the coin shop get the bum&#039;s rush when he&#039;d come in to ask</p><p>about or buy the latest coin.&nbsp; Dealers accustomed to putting together thousand dollar deals </p><p>just didn&#039;t have time for a 50c sale.&nbsp; This seems to have improved a lot and dealers are stock-</p><p>ing more of the cheaper coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins are fascinating and people are naturally inquisitive and acquisitive so the future of coin </p><p>collecting will always be safe in some form but the question is what form.&nbsp; The hobby is still do-</p><p>ing a poor job of bringing the casual collector into the fold.&nbsp; Millions and millions of people are</p><p>collecting the states coins and other circulating issues but they get little support or encourage-</p><p>ment.&nbsp; Only in the last year has someone finally made an album only for the &#039;65 to &#039;98 quarters!</p><p>This series has been obsolete for nearly a decade and only now are folders available.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You often see references to casual collectors not being real collectors. There is a prevalent at-</p><p>titude in many places that coins costing less than $1,000 are swill and moderns costing more </p><p>than a $1000 are a fool&#039;s paradise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Things are changing and there are a lot of serious younger collectors.&nbsp; They will take over the </p><p>hobby in twenty years.&nbsp; There may have never been a better time to get into coin collecting </p><p>and it will be interesting to see if times will be as good for those who have to get out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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