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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2565248, member: 68&quot;]I was just thinking.&nbsp; There&#039;s another way to tell these markets are about to move.&nbsp; Look at the &#039;82 and &#039;83 quarters in change.&nbsp; A few years ago these were the easiest dates to find in XF and AU in circulation of all the dates from &#039;77 to &#039;90.&nbsp; This was caused by large numbers of people pulling them out of circulation and then inadvertantly or intentionally rereleasing them.&nbsp; Ten years ago 1 in 50 was XF or better.&nbsp; Now about 30% of the mintage of these is missing; pulled out by collectors.&nbsp; But more importantly even nice VF&#039;s are rearely seen now. Forget AU&#039;s, I haven&#039;t seen one in five years.&nbsp; This date is in as bad of shape as the &#039;69-P which is much older and should be far more worn. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course these are going to remain common in XF since they have been picked out but we must be near a tipping point where collectors are wondering where all the nice coins are.&nbsp; Coins like the &#039;77-D are pretty tough now days in nice attractive condition.&nbsp; Forget dates like the 71-P or &#039;69-P.&nbsp; You&#039;re lucky to find ugly specimens of these. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And every day more and more of the old coins are lost, destroyed, or pulled by collectors and then replaced with a new parks coin.&nbsp; Everty day the old coins are worn a little more and ever closer to the end of their useful life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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