Disenfranchised By Modern US Mint Coinage?

Modern technology has taken over. Coins are no longer hand ingraved. Lasers and CNC technology rule now.
When was the congessional time periods of changing coins dissolved?
Coming soon. Quarters featuring the state bird of every state. The first Governor of every state, and on an om.
The mints efforts to attract collectors are backfiring.
Try to get silver from the mint now. They have stopped production and public sales.
But alot of newer Quarters offer varieties. A testament to their lower standards and slack QC.

I still collect one of each different design for all denominations. I think that one reverse design change per year for each denomination would be ok with me. Static designs are boring, like the Roosevelt dime and Kennedy half dollar. Both are long overdue for a change. On the flip side, having only 1 design change per year is better. I can't remember the quarter designs any more because there are too many. I always preferred the Native American dollars over the Presidential dollars. I just wish they didn't put the date and mintmark on the edge. Dumbest idea ever!

Each collector can choose what they would like to collect. I personally quit collecting clad circulating coins as well as Jefferson nickles decades ago. Modern silver is my focus but coins only no medals. This keeps my sets with each year and design represented. Any more would be clutter for my collection. I do keep wheat cents and the occasional non circulating Kennedy half or proof coin found in circulation.

I think modern coinage could be suffering from a sign of the times. Today we don't have the money and time to be put into the coinage.Maybe the money isn't there from our government .The time spent on designing and coming up with the coinage designs is not given enough thought.I believe it takes years and the right people and designers to figure out a great coin. Truly these days we are missing something.Everything in the world today is a rush to completion. Now one is stopping,"how they say it to smell the roses".Get er done. Decades ago every process was slow and deliberate. Pride was also engraved into the medal. Ages ago things were made to last and stand the test of time. When things were made in the old days,there never was someone saying this should last for 10 years.The faster something is made or designed today,the faster it will get to it's end cycle.Rush rush rush. Everything was made back then to last and withstand the test of time. Good Lord if it makes it 3 years today you are lucky. I believe we will never see great designs on coinage for the future. People say we are going digital in money. I just pray we don't and save the coinage for all us nuts out there and our great love for Numismatics. There said my peace.lol.

They put mintmark on the edge? Darn, I have been selling them as "No Mintmark" this whole time!

The privy mark is nice for a one-off. I liked them for the WWII Victory 75th and the Morgan dollars last year (to celebrate defunct mints marks). I do not want them to become a regular thing though.

For me it started with the State Quarters in 1999. The basic idea was fine but then they insisted on cluttering the coin with far too much information for a coin the size of a quarter. The National Parks Quarters and the Presidential dollars then continued the same cluttered look. How about the Mint issuing something with the beauty and simplicity of a Walking Liberty half dollar ?

Although the Statue of Liberty on the reverse of the Presidential dollar works fine, it seems like all the info put on the obverse is the reason they went with edge lettering for the date and mint mark. For the most part, it's impossible to read without magnification.

Finally, the series of images on the reverse of the Native American dollar are impressive but using edge lettering for the date and mintmark is ridiculous considering the amount of room on the obverse.



To answer the op's question, yes