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Message:: [QUOTE="littlehugger, post: 3526837, member: 58633"]It wont hurt to set aside a few pristine examples. The high grade coins going for thousands on Ebay were pocket change yesterday. In my lifetime, gold, then silver, disappeared from coins. Then even copper. As current cents have only a copper wash. Silver coins sell for far more than face, as does gold. Cents and nickels cost more than face value to make. People make a living selling wheats, nickels, and state quarters. As a new collector, you can acquire some coin albums, nab some rolls at the bank, and fill up your albums. You can probably find 95% of what you need for face value.One day, years from now, you will be looking at a MS 69 quarter on Ebay being bid into the thousands, and tell yourself, I could have had that for 25 cents! Coins are almost obsolete. And I think it will probably kill the hobby.[/QUOTE]