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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2559135, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s been a great time has it not?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We&#039;ve seen the coin hobby and numismatics move into the information age and all the tremendous transitions that have resulted from this change. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, I ve always said this day was coming but this is the very first time I&#039;ve said it&#039;s at hand.&nbsp; I&#039;ve watched the last several months as more and more anecdotal evidence has accumulated to show that moderns are getting direct attetion from hobbyists.&nbsp; These collectors run the gamut from newbies attracted by the states quarters to younger adults who have established families and are returtning to the hobby.&nbsp; There are even a few older collectors talking about moderns though I see less actual buying or collecting among them.&nbsp; I&#039;ve wanted to speak about this for months but I didn&#039;t know how long the accelerating demand would bump up against supply constraints.&nbsp; I feared if I suggested moderns were going up now and I was wrong I&#039;d lose any little credibility I had.&nbsp; But now the signs are nearly uneqivocable and this appears tobe finally the real world asserting itself in the modern markets; there just aren&#039;t enough coins for the still very small amount of demand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s still even now impossible to predict how big this is.&nbsp; Numismatists have not only ignored moderns for many years but they&#039;ve ignored the modern market and the coin hobby&nbsp; and many hobbyists. The hobby is simply going to make itself known.&nbsp; There are many many new collectors who&#039;ll spend years to get the experience and dominate coin shows as older men and women.&nbsp; It will come to be seen that they were numismatists all along though it might take some time for many to apply the term to them. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>...And, if I&#039;m wrong, it will be nothing new.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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