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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4026110, member: 105571&quot;]Excellent blogpost, Suarez.&nbsp; I read some of your other posts even though I don&#039;t collect ancients and found them to be well-reasoned and well-formulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m don&#039;t fully subscribe to your conclusion regarding the negative future of coin collecting.&nbsp; I understand and even agree that there are sociological/financial/demographic/technological forces working against coin collecting&#039;s future but I don&#039;t think you have given the other side its full due.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are ebbs and flows to the collecting arena whether it be Matisse&#039;s or Beanie Babies.&nbsp; I think we are headed to an ebb tide in coin collecting as some of these forces coaelesce.&nbsp; This will result in a coin collecting recession/depression from which will emerge a smaller and more financially sane environment for the bulk of the remaining collecting community.&nbsp; When that recession occurs and for how long is up to anyone&#039;s Magic 8-Ball.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think if someone is associated with this hobby only for money, I think they&#039;ll be hurt and possibly very badly.&nbsp; But if you love coins for their history, beauty, art and meaning then whenever the bad things happen, you&#039;ll be in a buyer&#039;s market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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