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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 5039, member: 112&quot;]It is my belief that the driving force for most collectors is - you guessed it - money. And no I don&#039;t mean the coins themselves - I mean the affordability. </p><p><br /></p><p>For many, many years Jefferson nickels, Roosevelt dimes &amp; Lincoln cents have been quite affordable even for the average collector. And to a large extent many of the coins in these series can be found in circulation. This is not the case with Washington quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the advent of the SQ program the values for Washington quarters began moving upwards and this took the series out of the financial reach of many collectors. And the silver content of the coins took the vast majority of the older coins out of circulation long ago. While this happened with Roosevelt dimes as well - it was no where near the degree it was with quarters due to the much smaller metal content. And to nickels not at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even so - I think that with many collectors quarters are indeed very popular. The prices for them reflects this. But as the values for any coin increase over time - the popularity of collecting that coin among the masses decreases. They simply cannot afford them any longer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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