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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Coin, post: 1477583, member: 10681&quot;]I&#039;ve given a lot of thought to this topic, and have pretty much given up collecting moderns as a result.&nbsp; I buy a proof, silver proof, and unc set every year, and call it good.&nbsp; There were just way too many coins minted to ever drive values to meaningful levels.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Off the top of my head, I&#039;d say you need to go back to the early 1930s to find a coin of significant value due to low mintage (31-s lincoln comes to mind).&nbsp; Others are either bullion, errors, or condition rarity.&nbsp; Shoot, a 1902 indian head in MS-60 is hardly worth $20.&nbsp; Yes, there&#039;s a big difference between MS-60 and 67, but then think of relative mintages.&nbsp; The 2009 nickel had ~40 million produced at each mint, and it&#039;s the lowest mintage since 1951.&nbsp; 30 years from now, young collectors will be cursing that year because they can&#039;t find it in circulation, so they&#039;ll go to a coin shop and pay $1.00 for it instead.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So in addition to lousy designs and bad customer service, the mint is destroying the hobby by taking away investment potential as well.&nbsp; I&#039;ll stick to pre-WWII, thank you.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I ran the mint, I&#039;d randomly pick a coin every 3-5 years and manufacture a key date.&nbsp; I&#039;d just plan ahead of time that the 2017-D quarter would only have 20,000 minted, just to create interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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