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