u/Environmental_Elk509

Good morning guys, my mother's birthday is coming up and she has always been in love with Victorian Era, so I wanted to gift her a coin than symbolizes that era the most, but also a beautiful coin and made out of silver. I've been doing some research and the ones I think are more appropriated are either a 1849 Florin or a jubilee crown (1887-1892 if I'm not mistaken), my question is, which one is more related to the Victorian Era we have in mind? I like the crown being bigger in size but I don't know if being so near from the end of this era makes it less "Victorian", I know it's a pretty stupid question but I suffer from asperger and deciding with these things is challenging for me. Thank you so much for your knowledge

I was showing my collection to a friend of mine who doesn't collect and we started talking about the future of numismatics, what do you guys think will happen in the future? Will kids start collecting ancient coins? Will cheap (~100$) coins decrease or increase their value?

My opinion is that cheap coins such as simple denarius or Antoninus will decrease in value with time and the only coins that will increase their value are rare and expensive ones (which will multiply their worth) , I don't know why but seems like new collectors only collect to ensure some profit and to have something unique that few people is able to have, they don't like collecting history anymore. I think it is related to what is happening with Pokemon cards, in the past you collected them to play or enjoy them, now people collect cards as an investment or to have something rare they can brag about.

Sorry for my English but would love to read your opinion.