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Posted 08/13/2010 05:29 am
I may get pounced upon here for saying this, but I admit to finding many of the recent silver coins (particularly NCLT) somewhat boring! Designs destined for circulation seem to have a LOT more thought and work put into them, and of course the 'standardisation' that comes with a long running series, just looks awesome in a collection! Which of course leads me to state the opposite for much of the NCLT out there - not much thought, because really, its destined only for collectors, who half the time buy the stuff purely to keep their collection series 'complete'!
For me, the really nice silver coins are the Kaiserreich era stuff and the earlier Australian Pre-Decimal stuff (despite my intensive research of Third Reich coinage, I can't say those designs quite compete with the Kaiserreich designs - all the REALLY nice designs never made it past Proben/Pattern stage) - both series feature a fairly simple designs (although this 'simple' designs are rendered with a lot of detail and beauty) but leave you in no doubt as to the origin of the coins. Plus, as above, the standardisation of design looks GREAT in an album.
For me, the really nice silver coins are the Kaiserreich era stuff and the earlier Australian Pre-Decimal stuff (despite my intensive research of Third Reich coinage, I can't say those designs quite compete with the Kaiserreich designs - all the REALLY nice designs never made it past Proben/Pattern stage) - both series feature a fairly simple designs (although this 'simple' designs are rendered with a lot of detail and beauty) but leave you in no doubt as to the origin of the coins. Plus, as above, the standardisation of design looks GREAT in an album.
