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United States
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As a point of curiosity I would like to hear some opinions on what US coins you think will the most collectible / desirable / valuable 25 years from now....and why.... Just a conversation starter.... Mike |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Honestly no idea. I could see this going a couple ways. Not counting the extremely rare old couins for moderns coins I could see it being a real low mintage of a very popular series like the 2011 RP ASE, I could also see it being maybe an overlooked series currently like one of the 5 oz pucks, and of course by then its very possible the mint could make a new line of coins that are a huge hit. Theres so many swings though in popularity from month to month it will probably be a couple different coins that trade spots as the top dog depending on what time of year it is Or I could just go with the obvious answer of the 1933 Double Eagle  Edited by basebal21
10/04/2012 2:31 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Probably anything made of silver. As time goes on, more and more will be melted for their silver content to keep up with industrial use.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In my opinion, common coins are fun and affordable but do not and never will have a huge return. The ultra rare coins are great but how many of us can afford a 300,000 or 1,200,000 dollar coin?
Look what happened to baseball cards. Mass produced full sets from the 80's and 90's are basically worthless. Kind of like the modern era UNC and proof clad sets. Common silver and gold coins or bullion coins, these may be your safest bet. If we keep seeing silver and gold climb, so will your coin collections value. The high grade coins are always a safe bet too. Of course a lot of this hinges on how much you pay. Pay too much and it may take 10 years to break even. If you are in your 20's, you have more time than someone like I who may want to sell the coins in the next 10-20 years.
When I was around 10 (1970) a coin dealer asked me a very important question. He asked: "Do you want QUALITY or QUANTITY? I'll never forget the question.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Another question that gets asked every several months. My list would be. BU commemorative modern dollars (1983 to date) - many of these have very low mintage - some coin experts have said the low mintage coins for this series are the number one sleeper coins to own. https://goccf.com/t/113108 Matte proof Coins - 1998 silver Kennedy half dollar, 1994 and 1997 Jefferson nickels. - also very low mintage, all three of these coins are on Whitman top 100 modern coin list. My personal favorite are Washington quarters. When the State Quarter program started, Washington quarters became one of the most collected coin series. I think this series will be one that many new collectors will put together for many generation to come. To make profit on these you will need to put away very high grade coins, but do not spend a lot getting them, cherry pick BU rolls and mint sets. The early "P" and "D" mints are harder to find in higher grade. (circulated/low grade quarters will always be common and not have much value) So far it looks like the 2004 D Wisconsin high and low leaf quarters will be the keys to this series. Edited by GR58
10/04/2012 10:27 pm
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Australia
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The biggest single factor that is affecting current collecting trends is the
bullion / numismatic value ratio.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I havnt looked into collecting nickles but why are the 1994 and 1997 so rare?
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United States
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He was talking about the matte proof 94 and 97. They were released in special sets and have quite low mintages.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That makes more sense, my fault
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry .. yes I was talking about the matte proof nickels .. and the matte proof Kennedy Half dollar. The 1994 Jefferson came with the Jefferson coin and currency set and the 1997 came in the Botanical gardens commemorative set. The 1997 has a mintage of 25,000. The 1998 matte proof silver Kennedy came in a two coin set with a RFK commemorative dollar. These three coins are in this book http://www.coinweek.com/modern-coin...odern-coins/In this link there is a picture of my 1997 set .. with the nickel https://goccf.com/t/90075In this link there is pictures of my 1994 set with the nickel. https://goccf.com/t/74728&whichpage=1This link has pics of my 1998 Matte proof Kennedy https://goccf.com/t/97137We do have a CCF member that has a 1971 no "S" proof nickel, one that I would really like to have. I would put the coin in the list of must have coins .. but it would cost much more than these three listed above. |
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United States
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In general, precious metal prices are reciprocal to the U.S. Dollar.
Therefore, if the economic conditions improve in the U.S. then expect gold/silver to devalue.
I love the look of these metals but if I buy now, I would expect to take a loss.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In 25 years I would expect the cent and probably the five cent to have been gone for some time. I don't know how this will affect cents, Jeffersons will probably be picking up and buffalos fading. I think Mercurys may be starting to fade while Roosevelts will probably be increasing, especially if the dime changes design. Washingtons will still be popular and Franklins will see increasing demand as walkers slowly start to fade. Not sure what Morgans will do but I think that Peace dollars will improve. Now why do I think this? Collectors tend to collect coins that were actively ciculating in their childhood or the series before that. When you move to the series before that you are dealing with coins they never saw in circulation and have no emotional connection to. When I started collecting there were a lot more collectors of Indians, Barbers, and V nickels, Mercuries were popular as were Walkers. Current series were collected but they were not exciting. Even then the next series back the large cents, Shiled nickels and seated material was not widely collected and were mainly chased by a few specialists. In the forty years since then the number of Indian collectors has dropped and many fewer are building sets of barbers or V nickels. Mercuries have increased as did walkers and more iterest was shown in the silver washingtons and roosevelts. Today barbers collectors are fairly scarce, Mercuries, Walkers and Buffalos are hot and Franklins are getting there. The earlier series are only chased by the "elite" or advanced collectors. So in short as time passes the popular series keep rolling forward as well. |
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United States
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Conder - very interesting observations. Do you think that maybe the idea that some of the early issues are fewer in number also might be why people would tend not to collect them b/c of prices? I remember as a kid I wanted Seated Liberty dollars and would have loved to collect them, but even then the prices were steep (for a kid). I also have to wonder if the clad coinage will actually be collectable - or at least a lot of money spent on it? Let's face it, there was so much of it made. Even with the clad State Quarter series -- the general mindset of Joe Noncoincollector was how special these sets would be and how much they would be worth in the future. Yet the mint made so many of them that it is unlikely most will ever be anything more than a quarter. I think the State Quarters were a fun idea - but as for investment - I personally do not see them being much more than pocket change (with a few exceptions). I hope I am wrong! |
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United States
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Clad coinage wont be as collectable I think. You won't get the double whammy of silver value plus numasmatic value.
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