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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Santinidollar, post: 2552730, member: 75866&quot;]-- I share your disdain for current Mint offerings. A lot of people buy them, though. There are a million and one ways to collect, most of them having nothing to do with current Mint offerings. One can be a busy collector for years without ever looking at the Mint catalogue. Countless collectors do.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Mint will not decide the future of the entire hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- The bubble in high grade moderns, if such a bubble truly exists, will do as all true bubbles do: burst. That will lead those collectors back to classic coins, be it U.S., foreign or ancient, or will drive them out of the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either will be an improvement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade inflation will continue to be debated. But if you want to see real &quot;grade inflation&quot; let&#039;s get rid of the TPGs and go back to the all-raw system. Don&#039;t ever forget why the TPGs came into being in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPG labels are much ado about nothing. If people want to collect them, God bless them.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- The dealers I deal with don&#039;t overmarket the dreck. TV salesmen do. People buying off TV know nothing about collecting and the damage caused when they get the shocking truth upon trying to sell their treasures, albeit sad, won&#039;t affect mainstream collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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