Future Trends

Off the top of my head, I agree with a number of Coin Community members in thinking that 3CN's are undervalued. They did not produce that many for all that long. On the other hand, I have been thinking this for a while now while prices have been fairly settled. Personally, it is my favorite coin and greater demand for the good one's happens to be a double edged sword. The one's I have become more valuable but if they go up too much they will be out of my price range even in the common dates.

I predict that traders on wallstreet will start buying up all the 1959D Lincoln "tail on 9" cents as lucky pieces against statistical fat tails. This in turn will cause a savvy investment firm to buy up the worlds supply of "Tail on 9" Lincolns. These Lincolns will be stored in an abandoned ICBM silo in North Dakota but in the same way as a bonded warehouse. In fact that will be their motto--"we may be abandoned but we're bonded." (Followed in small letters--"by welfare checks from American taxpayers")

They will then sell digital shares in the "Tail on 9" ETF fund. Then one day, an "old time trader"--at least 25 years old, will point out that digital data might be destroyed if earth got blasted by a totally awesome solar flare ejection. "It would be like this housing mess. Like, who would ever had guessed that lending money to people who can't pay it back would become a fat tail?"

"He's right! We want paper shares! Buy the paper and not the digitals!"

If you watch Coin World monthly that cover coin or coin's will jump in price some stay up but most fall back to normal
But Wheat penny are already moving up fast now by 2009 they will have prices like gold & the teen do now

I think the Mint will form a strategic alliance with Willy Wonka and come out with Everlasting Gobstopper Coins.

These coins when eaten will not only change size but also denomination. So it will begin as a large Morgan dollar and slowly fluctuate to a half, Half Cent, large cent, etc. until it finally gets to Three Cent and Half Dime.

This will be appreciated by parents who have children who never finish all of their candy. Whatever is left can then be spent on new treats the following day.

I agree with some of the things said.

However, the Statehood Quarters and Presidential dollars are fostering alot of interest by beginners and younger collectors. If your aim in collecting is enjoyment of collecting and the process, then these are very interesting!

Statehood Quarters were hit because the quarter widely circulates, making it easy to collect.

The Presidential dollars? Gotta kill the paper dollar if it is ever going to have the same success. That said, I kinda like them, and appreciate the Historical aspect.

The Half Dollar was killed when they made the decision to leave silver in them for five years after it was removed from the others. Instant hoard piece that disappeared from circulation. People adapted with two quarters and so it is today.

I agree TX, the penny should have another run of 50 years....but I seriously doubt the Mint will allow that the way things are going. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the State Quarters and I have the first 4 Prez Dollars but I do thing they've reached there limit with the commerorative-1-year-set-thingies. I am not a fan of the 2009 Lincoln and champion the idea of leaving the Obverse alone and changing the reverse permenately--for the next 50 years. Keep the tradition alive!

--gary

I wouldn't put it past the mint to have a 50 states program for the penny. Or how about one penny design for every county in America. There are 3077 counties (or parishes in LA or boroughs in Alaska). Even if uou only release 50 different county designs per year, the program could last 62-63 years, spanning generations of collectors. You simply would have to pass the collection on for it to ever be completed.

But back to the main topic of the thread:

What will be hot: Keys/Semi-keys of all denominations, silver, gold, 1909 Indian cents, 1909 Lincoln cents.

What might cool off: Proof sets, mint sets, common coins