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1913 Liberty nickel, 1804 Silver Dollar...oh wait that is two coins. I cannot afford either one in any case. |
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United States
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There isn't a single US coin series I wouldn't collect at face value! If I complete the set and don't like it... roll it and spend it! As I've said plenty of times before, the vast majority of US coins don't interest me at current market price. Paying Greek tetradrachm prices for a 110 year old penny (with half a million made; likely most accounted for!) Simply because of three letters on the reverse... no thanks! In the spirit of the thread, my least favorite US series: - American Innovation $1 program - From what I've seen, these would be a top contender for a coin I wouldn't even pay face value to collect from circulation. - Prez $1 - I've got all the presidents through at least Grant, and if I didn't think my daughters will enjoy them in another decade, I would have spent them all already. Bland, uninspired, artistically lacking. - Modern commemoratives - OK, some of them are kind of cool, but they mostly seem phoned in, and very few of them commemorate anything that really deserves a commemorative coin. I'm thankful that Congress won't let the mint go RCM levels of gimmicky and irrelevant, but they seem to be increasingly pushing their luck. - The latest iteration of nickels - My OCD compels me at this point - I've saved the nicest few from circulation every year since 2006, so I can't stop now. The obverse is easily the ugliest ever placed on a circulating US coin. The only ones I appreciate are my 2009s because I remember how hard it was to find them. - State Quarters - I worked SO hard to finish them, and I have multiple complete sets, all BU. Again, I only have them because I hope my daughters will like them one day. I actually like more than half of the ATB Quarters, but the only State Quarter designs I actually like are Delaware, Maine, and Hawaii. The territory quarters are a little better. |
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Quote:1913 Liberty nickel, 1804 Silver Dollar...oh wait that is two coins. I cannot afford either one in any case. Try reading my original thread .  Quote:For me, any of the varietal "rarities", ie 1922 plain LWC, 3 legged buffalo, etc. Just not interested in paying any kind of premium for a coin because of the die that struck it. Errors interest me, varieties don't Excuse me , what do you consider Errors ?  |
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Excuse me , what do you consider Errors ? I wouldn't consider a 22 plain or a 3 legger an error either. Offstruck, wrong planchets, struck through, capped die, broad struck, laminations etc. I know some people consider missing design elements and error (missing edge lettering I would consider an error) but things like the 3 legger but I just don't consider things errors when they eroded off the die or were never engraved properly. For instance I wouldn't consider lack of FBs to be an error |
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Canada
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At this point I can't see myself buying a Peace dollar. I don't find it particularly attractive. I'd rather own Morgans. |
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United States
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Errors generally result from something going wrong with the coining process. Having a die being worn out or over-polished doesn't fit into that category and just doesn't interest me.
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Lincoln Memorial Cents. I wont even grade them when they appear in the forum. waste of time.
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We're three pages into this thread and I'm surprised no one has specifically mentioned the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Silver Dollar, featuring founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Susan B. Anthony is a beauty compared to Eunice's harsh portrait.  https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-m...-world-games |
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I cannot think of any coin which I wouldn't want a nice, affordable example of given the right situation. Basically this, with possible exceptions for coins outright illegal to own (1933 double eagle, 1964 Peace dollar, 1974 aluminium cent, possibly others I forgot). Granted, with my budget, "affordable" would often take a miracle. But if the coin was affordable, design ugliness would not be that much of a factor. Quote:As I've said plenty of times before, the vast majority of US coins don't interest me at current market price. Paying Greek tetradrachm prices for a 110 year old penny (with half a million made; likely most accounted for!) Simply because of three letters on the reverse... no thanks! Also very true - but I would still get even one of those if I found one at a reasonable price (at $2 I would totally do it, at $5 I would think about it, at $10 I would really think about it but might still buy it, at $20 I'd rather look for one without that pesky letter on the obverse). |
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@ january1may > please read my original thread again .  |
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Quote:@ january1may > please read my original thread again . You mean the "not because of cost or availability" part? I think there are some coins that I can't see myself owning because they're that ugly, but I don't think any of the post-1792 legal tender US coinage fits that description. That said, I hadn't checked exhaustively; it is possible that I missed something obvious. For now, I guess I could stretch the definition of "U.S. coin" a bit and say the 1785 Bar Cent. It might be a hugely historically important piece, but, just... ugh. I'd rather have one of those buttons it supposedly imitated. [EDIT: did the exhaustive check via Numista. Looks like it's a close contest between the American Legion half dollar and the Douglas MacArthur 5 dollar, with everything else far behind except possibly some of the Platinum Eagles. If I had to choose one, the half dollar probably wins; obviously the Bar Cent would beat them both if eligible.] |
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We're three pages into this thread and I'm surprised no one has specifically mentioned the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Silver Dollar, featuring founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Susan B. Anthony is a beauty compared to Eunice's harsh portrait. Well, you beat me to it. |
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United States
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An interesting but negative thread. I guess we can't be utopian here all the time. If I had to pick one it would be the modern small dollar series, if only for the way they tone. However I do collect them and will continue to. I wasn't thrilled with the Innovation series to begin with, but will certainly collect those too. What's the point of this thread? I guess we're all entitle to our opinions  |
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If I had to pick one it would be the modern small dollar series, if only for the way they tone. They really could make those much more popular overnight with just a composition change |
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I don;t care much for the current Jefferson design (obv) or for the shield reverse on one cent coins. Probably because I grew up (numismatically speaking) with other designs.
But I don't collect U.S. coins anyhow, so it's moot to me.
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