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@cladking. Well, I can tell by your user name and avatar that you aren't against these kinds of coins. You just understand where the other side is coming from. Would that be accurate?
Nobody hated clad more than me in 1966. But after the date freezes were lifted I was among the first to have my heart thaw out as well.
Most collectors are still hardened to these coins.
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As for the first point you brought up: Why can't something be collectible if it's common.
Most importantly they aren't common. They never were common in nice condition but no one knew this. But now days a 1969 quarter is only common in highly degraded condition and even here they aren't common in nice attractive evenly worn condition.
Of course common coins can be collected. I collect some common things just because they make nice looking collections.
Quote: It's like they're mixing up the word collectible with the words scarce and valuable. Collectible just means it can be arranged into a set of some kind.(categorical, denominational, chronological etc.) It has nothing to do with scarcity or value. As far as I'm concerned Lincoln memorial cents and Clad
Washington quarters are just as much of a collectible as proof
Morgan dollars and St. Gaudens double eagles.
In some ways I find the moderns more collectible because the competition is lower. It's hard to collect something if the guy who got there before you bought it already. Not many collect moderns even today so interesting specimens are more likely to be seen.
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As for them being unartistic? I'll admit, I used to have the same attitude about them. Lately however, I've started to appreciate them more.
Me too.
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Not historical or not from a romanticized version of history that they read about in books? Or do they mean not historical as in made too recently? Well everything started out as new at one point. Poorly made coins from worn dies is nothing new. Proof strikes and mint marks were discontinued?
Some think that if a coin isn't old it hasn't seen much history but a 1965 quarter has seen the moon landing and the advent of the internet age. Changes are coming fast and furious and the worlds is much different than it was in 1964.
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That just makes it easier to complete a 1965 to 1967 set. I'm glad congress realized passing a bill to make collecting modern coins illegal is a stupid idea. Old coins disappearing from circulation was bound to happen eventually.
I think the only reason they didn't is no one wanted any moderns anyway.
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Quarters for example. I see less clad quarters of '65 to '98 than I used to. Although they're still very common I've been seeing less of them every year.
Not only are there fewer and fewer old quarters every year but the old ones are more and more worn with each passing day.
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But I could imagine them becoming almost as elusive in circulation in the future as later date Lincoln wheat cents are today. From what I understand the 1960's was a weird time for a lot of people, not just coin collectors.
I doubt they'll ever be that scarce in circulation but there's a huge difference; there are countless millions of the wheat cents set aside in top condition. There are countless millions sitting in boxes. Not many clad quarters are out there especially in nice attractive BU condition.
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