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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;drathbun, post: 1618565, member: 42789&quot;]Maybe you have to be old to appreciate something that&#039;s even older? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I &quot;collected&quot; coins when I was younger by dropping wheat cents into a bucket. (See, I am able to learn... I&#039;ve only been here on this board for a few weeks and I&#039;ve already stopped calling them pennies...) Later I got a Whitman book and tried to fill it up. But I don&#039;t think I really appreciated what the older coins meant, either as a part of history or even simply as something of value, until I got older. And to be honest, it was the state quarters program that spiked my interest again.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I found myself thinking about the other day was less about the future of coin collecting and more about the future of coins. Read any number of science fiction stories and they frequently talk about your &quot;card&quot; which includes your ID, your bank balance, your shoe size, and everything else. I know I personally hardly touch physical money even today, other than to pay my boys their allowance. Suppose in 50 years we don&#039;t have physical money any more, for anyone. Will there still be interest in (and therefore a market for) older coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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