Anyone Else Like Me Not A Fan Of Any Of The Modern Coins?

I must disagree. Modern coins may not have appeal because they are common and ordinary to us.

However, I think that the Presidential dollars, Sacagawea/Native American Dollars, State/Territory Quarters, and the America the Beautiful sets are all very useful. Kids get to learn about America while they collect. Adults can also learn a thing or two about our country.

For example, one recent fact I told my family was how the JFK assassination prompted the change from the Ben Franklin half dollar to the modern Kennedy half dollar. From there we discussed the Presidential Seal reverse and the conversation took off from there.

Remember, a coin can be so much more than simple currency.

I don't do modern. Can't force myself to like it.

While like most everybody I like the older coins too but my fancy is for AU+ or better and my budget really doesn't allow me to purchase the classics in that grade. Other than a roll or two of common Morgs and Peace dollars in BU most of my coins are modern silver proofs or silver UNCs.

I've been doing fairly well getting these modern proofs off ebay for exceptional prices. While most coins sell above their worth the careful, patient eBayer can score some nice modern silver coins for reasonable prices, including many silver State Quarters for around $6 or less and graded/slabbed modern proofs very reasonable as well.

Rick

They did. Ever here the expression "familiarity breeds contempt."?

I think slabbed modern bullion coins are a joke. Just a cash cow for the world's largest coin dealer and the TPGs. JMHO

Oh I totally agree about slabbed modern bullion. The minting process is so good now days that almost all bullion whether it be eagles or commemoratives is going to be at least a 67 if not a 69 or 70 straight from the mint. So paying third parties to tell you hey your coin is marginally better than the next one is absurd. Then trying to sell that coin at a premium when you get a marginally better grade is just insanity. I won't buy graded modern coins and I skip right over them when I am surfing ebay.

Because without a denomination a great many coin collectors would not consider them coins and they lose a lot of interest in them. When that happens sales suffer greatly. The government tried that with the 1/2 oz and 1 oz gold art medallions 1980 to 84. They were specifically issued to answer Americans demand for the Khuggerand. "If you want a 1 oz gold piece, instead of buying a South African Krand, you can buy a 1 oz US medallion." Sales of the medallion were pathetic which the Krand remanded very popular. Why? Because the South African pice was a COIN (even with a "fictional" denomination, while the US piece was just a"medal". Coin collectors want coins.

In Florida we don't have to pay sales tax on US currency so having them marked with a denomination helps there. Now someone just needs to inform Gainesville Coins of that rule.

Rick