Do You Think That 2020 Coins Will Become A Key Date?

Look. My opinion, and it's opinion only, is that this is much worse than 2009-2012 domestically and globally. This is more like 1918-1945 depending on how we as a country handle it and our economy as well as the global economy recovers.

I think as a coin collector you should continue your hobby and do whatever it is you'd like to do, and if it pan's out 10 or 30 years from now great for you. If it don't there isn't much lost money is money.

This is a difficut situation. It's not panic and should be taken very seriously. A lot of people are very likely going to die globally and it's very likely going to reoccur year after year like a flu does. We can argue if that's the case, of course I don't know the future, but it's likely. Uncertainty always results in a tightening. For this reason there will be a recession, maybe a depression, and this absolutely will affect mintage numbers, especially with the government dumping money to float the economy, that will be dollars, not coins. Coins are for great economies where change is frequent, not when they have to make money to keep it moving, so mintages should reduce.

Key dates? I'm not sure. Low mintages, yeah that looks very possible and a key date may appear, but a semi key is more likely.

I am concerned about this situation, but I can't ignore the possibilites with our hobby and it helps to take my mind off what I can't control or change. I say do your hobby as you like as I will too and we will see how it all works out once we are over this hump.

That said I do want to tell yall to stay safe, remain reasonable, and bless you all.

Possibly but there will be effective vaccinations in a year or two.

The common seasonal flu is still an order of magnitude deadlier than this virus... for now.

There may be many reasons why a particular type may be scarce or rare.
I don't know, and most people won't have a good idea about scarcity until about 3 years later.

In the meantime, just collect about five nice examples of every type and denomination that comes your way from pocket change. After about five, you would have already formed some preliminary opinion about scarcity yourself.

After five, just spend whatever comes your way.
Keep them for three years, and by then you will have a much better idea about scarcity.
Keep what you think are scarce, and spend the rest.

Versus the P, D and possibly S quarters I'd agree. However, since the mintage is the same, I can't see that the 2020-W would be any more of a key than the 2019-W quarters.

I think you misunderstood what I wrote. The mintage is certainly not the same as the P, D and S, so I can certainly see the 2020-W being considered a key date versus them. However, since the mintage of the 2019-W and 2020-W are the same (please correct me if I'm wrong), I don't see the 2020-W being any more key than the 2019-W.

Will 2020 coins be key dates. No. Due to coin shortages the mint is actually increasing production.

The idea that 2021 might be lower mintage may have some merit. If and when this all blows over everyone will be able to go out a dump all the change that has been accumulating. That may result in a surplus just like back in 2009.