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jbuck Moderator United States 189222 Posts	Posted 10/31/2017 3:32 pm Quote: Gee sounds like people want another 60 years or more of Roosevelt dimes. But of course. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54282 Posts	Posted 10/31/2017 7:29 pm I'm in the U.S. and I collect Mexican medals and "nobody" collects those! Edited by nss-52 10/31/2017 7:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5176 Posts	Posted 11/01/2017 12:02 am Quote: Indonesian coinage (if excluding Dutch East Indies) is very boring. Everyday, 99% of the coins you handle is just cheapo aluminum coins. After they circulate for a while they become really ugly Weird - pretty much the only reason I have Indonesian coins in my collection at all is because they're so beautiful. Maybe I've just never seen the really worn ones? (I even picked up some Riau coins, having no idea how rare they were, for the beautiful design. Fortunately I got them for only a dollar each, since the seller didn't seem to know what they were either.) Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 11/01/2017 12:40 am I am dissatisfied with what I perceive as the relative lack of good designs that have been made for the (too) many quarters each year. I also did not like many of the effigies used on the dollar coins - to me they were just ridiculous. Our nickel's OBV is a joke. I do like the look of the shield on the cent though. The exception is I keep my half dollar collection current b/c I do like the design. The rest just do not interest me and I have unofficially stopped collecting the modern series after about the year 2000 or so. I quit collecting Canadian by year when the present effigy came out. I do not like the look, when in an album, of the rows of the "anybody's grandmother" effigy. The design lacks a regal look that I like to see with a king or queen. Somehow it makes the coins look "cheap." The traditional backs are, to me, a great design and seem mismatched. So I just dip back into history for both countries for my enjoyment. So you could call me one who is dissatisfied with current trends - but I like the old stuff that shows a lot more talent in the designs IMO. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Guybrush Valued Member Taiwan 192 Posts	Posted 11/01/2017 01:12 am January1may, soon after the aluminum coins lose their luster and start to tarnish grey, personally I think the dull ugliness overtakes the (little amounts of) beauty of the design. For the Riau coins, they're a bit uncommon since only circulated for maybe a year until recalled by the angry central governemnt, but not many people are interested in them either . At least the mint cared enough to put some edge lettering Add this with the exact same reverse since 20 years+ ago... Pic: Indonesian coins since the 90's, excluding 2016 issue and IDR1000 ones. (Who decided to put nutmeg plant in the IDR25 coin design though, very odd design ) The strike quality of these coins is poor too, the text on the banner held by Garuda (should read "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" looks blurry except the large alum IDR500. Example is from '90s IDR100 "traditional cow race" coin. And here are the decent IDR1000 coins: So in conclusion here's why I don't like most coins of my own country: 1.Too much aluminum 2.Many have exactly same reverse, boring 3.Poor strike quality 4.Odd design choice. Nutmegs? Parrots? Why not tigers or rhinos, or maybe some batik pattern? Edited by Guybrush 11/01/2017 01:20 am Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 11/01/2017 03:15 am Guybrush Aluminum coins start to look horrible after modest circulation and I'm very glad we haven't done that (yet ). In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Coopertron5000 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 516 Posts	Posted 11/01/2017 09:24 am Quote: Aluminum coins start to look horrible after modest circulation and I'm very glad we haven't done that (yet ) It's a shame - uncirculated aluminium coins can be quite attractive, I have some nice examples. I think the Indonesian coins are nice in high grade. As others have said above, I think it's mostly the modern coinage I lack interest in. British predecimal had some incredible designs. It's a great shame what our decimal coinage looks like. The shield split down over each denomination was a novel idea when first released, 9 years on it's boring. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189222 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 2:19 pm Quote: I think the Indonesian coins are nice in high grade. I agree, at lest the two I have look rather nice. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Half Pillar of the Community United States 606 Posts	Posted 11/03/2017 6:07 pm I really like the crest on the Indonesian coins. Oddly enough I have been to Indonesia a couple times and I have no memory of the coinage. lol Report this Post to the Staff
coinlover1899 Pillar of the Community United States 3058 Posts	Posted 11/03/2017 6:17 pm Quote: I love the classic coins but I just can't get into the newer stuff the US Mint is putting out and what they are doing these days with edge lettering and the continuation of multiple yearly quarter designs AKA ATB. I am exactly the same way. Good for you! Stick with the old stuff! Report this Post to the Staff
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