New Series

The anticipation and the resulting anxiety of waiting for that special coin to arrive is almost as fun as having it in your hand.

Glenn

I think we'll see prices of the finest Memorials gradually increase in price. As I've said many times here, finding quality pieces is much more difficult than you might think. I can tell you this....no way I would EVER sell my Memorials at the prices listed in guides....those prices are absolute rubbish for high-end coins.

The TPG's don't much account for the things I personally look at in a Memorial cent, such as full steps. As an example, I posted my 1983-D on another forum and a member with a PCGS MS-67 coin said mine blew his away and he posted a pic, his had gas bubbles, mine had none. PCGS apparently didn't care. That's just one of many examples I've run across in my collector career.

I don't see price changes happening soon. Look at the nickel. The new series didn't affect the prices of older nickels. I think for most people after the Lewis and Clark Nickels, State Quarters, Sacagawea dollars and Presidential dollars, this is just simply another new design. It is only some collectors like alot of us on this site that will collect them. I think the public is getting tired of the new designs on our coinage. Even banks are tired of ordering them and alot are not getting them in. To the banks the new one cent piece is another pain.