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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 2809497, member: 9270&quot;]One possibility is for something new similar to the state quarters.</p><p>That gave the hobby a boost.</p><p>That got people interested at a low price level.</p><p>Later many got interested in other series.</p><p>And ASE&#039;s may have done the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the Mint (bless their little money grubbing hearts) had to push it.</p><p>More issues that were more expensive such as the Presidential $1 series.</p><p>Now there&#039;s the ATB issues.</p><p>IMO that threw a dampener on collecting both by state quarter collectors and by potentially new ones.</p><p>And don&#039;t get me started about all the commemoratives coming out.</p><p>The young collectors are getting blown out.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Post Office did the same thing back around the 60&#039;s.</p><p>Stamp collecting is now pretty much a dead hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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