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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2053422, member: 68&quot;]I couldn&#039;t stay away if I tried.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think many of the moderns will be sought after in the future.&nbsp; Some will be very low mintage coins like the platinum issues and some will be high grade issues like silver eagles in MS-69/ 70.&nbsp; I believe most moderns will enjoy some demand though it might never be deep and broad like it is for classic coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But there is one area of moderns that are almost certain to have strong demand; circulation issues.&nbsp; It&#039;s impossible to predict how this demand will manifest but it&#039;s probable that collectors will want nice attractive examples.&nbsp; They might collect in F or VG, MS-60 or Gems but they won&#039;t want the typical ugly coin.&nbsp; Even in &quot;chBU&quot; many clads are very unattractive because they are poorly struck from worn dies.&nbsp; This is the typical condition of a great many of the date/ mm combinations of all denominations.&nbsp; They sometimes are improved with a lot of heavy wear but coins last so long now days and circulate so hard that they tend to get damaged over time before they even get to VG condition.&nbsp; Already about 55% of the &#039;65 quarters are gone because they&#039;ve been lost or destroyed.&nbsp; About 20% are circulating culls with stains and gouges.&nbsp; Another 15% are just ugly.&nbsp; Of the 20% surviving in &quot;collectible condition&quot; the vast majority are between G+ and F condition.&nbsp; VF&#039;s are still around but XF&#039;s are getting decidedly scarce.&nbsp; AU&#039;s are virtually gone.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the interest in clads is already long overdue.&nbsp; In the 1890&#039;s civil war tokens were popular a mere 35 years after their use but clads have been around for 50 years now.&nbsp; Longer life spans may account for some of the delay.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins will surprise people someday.&nbsp; Right now demand for a few hundred of an issue can cause prices to spike so it&#039;s quite obvious that the supply is quite limited and the demand is even more limited.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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