This Is New To Me Need Your Thoughts

As always, thoughtful and spot-on input from commems, Debrajc and the rest.

After-market pieces are generally sucker plays. Microns-thick plating (and certainly decals!) does not generate value or rarity. If you're looking for investment-quality stuff, stay away.

However, collect what and how you like. Be responsible and selective about how you spend your money and have fun. If it makes you happy, that's what's important. For example I have no problem collecting some of the over-printed $2 United States Park notes but there's no way I would pay what the original retail price was.

There's also something else to consider, and that's our own mortality. Far off as it may be, as I continue to collect, I ask myself... what would my family rather liquidate when I'm worm food? Drums of copper cents and stacks of Mint sets or a few high-end graded coins and notes? Hmmmm.... Not to get too morbid there but it makes me think twice about what I am spending my money on.

All of you seem to think like me, but I really do like the look of these.
I collect what I like. I do not collect to resale , not even for investment .

Now the morbid part , I'm 65 with health problems .
My line of thinking is if I make it to 70 that will be awesome .
Just last week I passed out again and had to have emergency people to get me back.
So one thing I talk with my wife about is what to do with my collectibles when I'm gone.

Sorry for all that , just need to get it out sometime .

You go, cuzzx! Not that way, I'm at the point that it's the gamble of what will do me in first.

I don't care for colorized coins, but I collect what I like. I like this one.

I also like it. When I said "colorized", I meant those that have enamel or whatever as if they were "colorizing" a B&W film. Plating in contrasting metals is a lot better.

It also happens to be the coin that first stood out to me as a kid (I was a drummer boy, too) and I have never lost a fascination with it.

to cuzzx -

I mostly collect dollar bills, and my Wife understands they may have higher-than-face-value, but in a pinch, she could just spend or deposit them.

Good Luck to you.

I think they look rather interesting. I might be inclined to get a set (you know I would have to have the Ike) if the price were reasonable.

Sorry on wrong price, its $22