Surge In Popularity For Modern Coins?

not funny..

Yeah the silliness of folders and such is a big problem, they now make sticker to put in them so you can add dates to "plain" coin albums, but why don't they sell the holes they cut out to plug those spaces in folders like the dime you speak of that people will never find to put in a folder, because those are probably sealed in a non-pvc little holder that is encased in acrylic being used as paper weights.

That being said, I wouldn't move to modern coins to fulfill a sense of accomplishment. Having the coins is fun and lets you look at them without having to travel to some museum full of people where you can scrutinize the coins close up. But a major thing in collecting coins for me is the collecting aspect. You try to get as much of the series are you can, or whatever preferred grouping of coins you choose. coins albums and folders are like books, and many people may read a book and put it away to return later to look at it once again. Jay Leno collects cars, but doesn't drive them all at the same time. The only modern coins I go for are the ones in circulation. That won't change because to me that is coin collecting, not "gotta catch em all" like pokemon; so First Lady's Baseball Hall of Fame etc have no interest to me, they are just weird tokens. They may have a face value, but that is for decoration. Coins are something meant to be money, meant to be spent for face value.

One twist is that some people may be coin collectors and be getting modern coins for the next generation. How hard is it now for people born in the 50 to make a birth year set? Those getting modern coins to pass down to potential future coin collectors may take some of the fun out of finding the coins, but remove the stress of not finding those coins to whom they are passed down.

Imagine if your grandparents and parents could have kept 1 of each coin and passed them down?