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Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
I think there will always be something out there to collect coin-wise...varieties will surface and the new Washington series and the $1 series do not seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. I do question why the UNC mint sets jumped in price over the years; was it due to collectors, or has the cost of making the coins gone… -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
I just researched the upcoming changes to the 2027-2030 JFK halves. I have to say that most of the portraits in the competition hardly resembled him. And maybe I'm "old-school", but these new "facing" portraits like the new Jefferson nickels are off-putting. I'll take the old side-views for both the nickel & half over the… -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
Modern coin collecting became a thing here in the US in 1857 when we switched from the large cent to the small cent. People started to collect the large cents by date. -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
What will be the easy, inexpensive entry level introduction into coin collecting 5, 10, 20 years from now? -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
Did kids in the 1960s collect coins from the 1960s? Or did they collect older coins? Because I don’t understand how today’s inferior mint products will affect collecting. I don’t collect coins from the 1960s. I collect much older coins that are presumably more collectible. I get that kids don’t collect coins as much today… -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
I too worry about the decline of the hobby. It might be just sheer number of new designs year after year, or it might be the way we conduct transactions with credit cards and mobile payment . When was the last time you got some pocket change and didn't just stick it in the tip jar. Like stamps, coin collecting is no longer… -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
It is for me but I'm just a kid at heart. I just paid 136 for 5 1978 mint sets still in the original box. Still trying to hit MS67 on the Ike................. -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
I remember 1964/65 well, the similar discussions at shows, meetings and all get togethers for the hobby regarding the removal of silver from our coinage. It's the end was shouted by many, yet here we are yelling the sky is falling 60+ years later. Who ever thought any one would collect clad coinage or lincoln memorial… -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
So, you're saying 1985? Mint sets have not been $7 in this millennium. Kids don't buy mint sets, in general. For whatever reason, it has not been common for years. I ran the junior club for 25 years, rarely did a kid show up with a proof or mint set. It's not the gateway that it once was. -
Re: 2027 The Year Coin Collecting Died
I used to buy the uncirculated mint sets for ~$7. A kid can afford that. Now they're $124.50, priced far out of reach. Mint prices can definitely be affecting the hobby for beginners.
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