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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 26452804, member: 26302&quot;]As an ancient collector mainly nowadays I have to agree of course. I think all collectors should be aware of ancient coins, since that is literally where every single idea for coinage ever originated. Its pretty fascinating when there were no rules of what a coin must be the creativity they displayed, then even when what a coin is was established, they were still way more creative than today in execution. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree with you about morgans. I have never found them even to be a decent design. The weird thing is the reason morgans are popular is because there are billions of them. Popular coins are always coins in which there are lots of, to gather the most collectors. Same with mercury dimes, lincoln cents, etc. You need lots and lots of volume of a series to spark the most interest in it. If most collectors have never seen a coin, how can they become interested in collecting it? That, and the fact most collectors are older so a great big silver coin being easier to see, along with the fact most are dated in the 1800&#039;s, (wow this is really old...) and you get popularity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, I collect things like my avatar, a coin from the first woman to ever rule the Roman empire by herself and nearly married Charlamagne and reunited the Roman world. 99.9% of coin collectors have never seen this coin. I am not bragging, just illustrating why I can afford to collect this when there are 1 or these in the world for every million or ten million morgan dollars, or 1 for every 100 1893 S morgans, rarity does not beget high prices if there are not enough demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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