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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 849749, member: 22271&quot;]I would mildly disagree about the Scouts not caring. For those who &quot;don&#039;t care&quot;, the coins will be put along with all their other Scout stuff (most likely by the Scout&#039;s mother:bow<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and sit there (essentially removed from circulation) for years to decades. For those who do &quot;care&quot; the same thing will happen, the coins will be put along with all their other Scout stuff, as a treasured memento.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A small portion of the scouts who get the coins as gifts will start collecting. Assuming that 10% of the coins (and I think that 10% may be too low) are given to Scouts as gifts, and only a few percent become collectors, that is 1,000 new coin collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do know that other parents of young scouts (even Cub Scouts) are buying the BSA commems in single lots in anticipation of the coins being a presentation gift at their son&#039;s eventual Eagle Scout Court of Honor.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as eye appeal, I don&#039;t think that the coin is that great. I much preferred the design showing the older scout in the 1910 uniform helping a younger scout in a 2010 uniform up a mountain. Also (I got my 2 coins yesterday), the proof looks much nicer than the unc.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as value, this is one coin I&#039;d not like to see become too expensive. While I always want my coins to skyrocket in value (but only <i>after</i> I&#039;ve had a chance to buy one), this is a coin that can be a way to introduce young boys to coin collecting. If it is hundreds of dollars on the secondary market, you won&#039;t see them as gifts. if less than $50, then you will see parents/relatives/neighbors giving them as gifts to Scouts (and hopefully piquing their interest in coin collecting). I don&#039;t think that the lack of a high MS69/70 grade would matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>My final comment regarding high grades is that I don&#039;t think that ultra-high (MS69/70) grade commem coins are good investments. There are just too many of them these days and the populations keep growing. Just look at the numbers (not the prices, not the prices:headbang<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on the TV shopping channels. You&#039;d think that they have their own factories stamping out hundreds, if not thousands of MS69/70 commems every month.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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