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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 8280224, member: 15481&quot;]Doug, if you had a dollar for every self-depreciating remark you have left on cointalk, you wouldn’t have to worry about coin prices. &lt;3</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to believe that coin collectors were a dying breed, but I have changed opinion. TV series and movies about important historical figures and periods are getting a lot of attention. This is good for collecting, I think. We see new members on cointalk every week, and several new ancient coin collectors. There are more ancient coin collectors than 50 years ago, and far far more than 100 years ago, so what should stop this trend?</p><p>I have long observed that the baby boomer generation lives under the belief that there will be nothing left but ruin and barbarism after they are gone, but I’m more optimistic. I believe todays high schoolers will be a great generation. The future is bright, even for coin collecting. That’s what I believe at least. The young generations now spend less money on alcohol and drugs than we did, they have grown up with a giant surplus of cheap goods from Asia, and have learned early that goods in large quantities don’t provide happiness. (Contrary to the baby boomers, who never could get their hands on enough, whatever it was.) The young generations of industrial countries don’t know what they want for Christmas or for their birthday, because they never lacked anything. They are seeking something special, in forms of experiences, but also in phenomena like NFTs or special designs. They only need to experience holding a connection to history in their hands, and we’ll have new collectors from all over the world. That’s my 2 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are truly worried that no one will find joy in the coins from your collection, an alternative could be to put them in an amphora and bury it? I imagine the headlines 200 years from now: «Severan coin hoard discovered in Virginia. How far did the Romans actually travel?»&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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