They will also be attractively packaged. Most purchasers of new coins are happy to pay extra for well packaged and presented coins, this adds to the costs. If you aim to sell one million of the latest coin set, you may well decide you can afford to spend 1 per set on design for packaging display and advertising. At the same time, supply of second-hand items to the market may increase, this creates downwards presssure on prices. To collect older coins demands more effort, effort to locate them, to learn about them, to decipher old lettering and inscriptions.
New coins are easy to collect.
You can just order from a coupon in a magazine or leaflet. Packaging tells you all about the coins, so you don't need to work so hard to learn about them. Strangely enough most people expect second-hand goods to be cheaper than new. In our view, profit or investment is not the best reason to buy coins, or most other goods. If we can give some positive advice here, it is to buy what you like, for the pleasure it will give you to own, or if it's bought as a gift, to give.