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Panda4456Panda4456 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭
edited February 8, 2021 8:24PM in U.S. Coin Forum

What is a coin series that you dislike or hate that other people love collecting?

For me, it would have to be Buffalo nickels. I was never a fan of the Indian head design and I don’t like to collect coins that aren’t silver. I also don’t like the fact the nickels don’t have a rim marks on them. Something always just seemed off about the design to me. Also most of the Buffalo nickels are dateless or near dateless. They always just seemed ugly

Well what’s yours?

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  • Panda4456Panda4456 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    @koynekwest said:
    Sure ain't Buffs! I think they are the all time best design on US coins.

    I'm not a fan of the Roosevelt dime.

    Yeah those are definitely ugly coins!

  • JonBrand83JonBrand83 Posts: 490 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Funny ive never collected any nickels. I dont like the metal and find it ugly. Also very corrosive.

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  • dagingerbeastttdagingerbeasttt Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭

    @Panda4456 said:

    @koynekwest said:
    Sure ain't Buffs! I think they are the all time best design on US coins.

    I'm not a fan of the Roosevelt dime.

    Yeah those are definitely ugly coins!

    I have seen and owned some beautiful roosies..to each there own😊

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,309 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 8, 2021 8:56PM

    Zincoln Memorials

    A design that lived well past it's time in my opinion, and made in such a way that any exposure the regular travels of commerce is likely to find it starting to corrode within a decade or so, They make for the best parking lot finds though.

    Also, probably the least useful, and most wasteful coin in American history, which makes it even uglier to me


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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Trimes. Oh, yeah, no one likes them. ;)

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  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,869 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Peace dollars.

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll go along with pursuitofliberty on this one. I think I've changed my mind from Roosies to Zincolns. What a useless (and poisonous) coin. The shield design ain't bad-its too bad that isn't on the Roosevelt dime reverse.

  • Wahoo554Wahoo554 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭✭✭

    State quarters.

  • neildrobertsonneildrobertson Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can't get behind Memorial cents. It's my least favorite cent.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I dunno, are Ike dollars popular?

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinJunkie said:
    I dunno, are Ike dollars popular?

    They are with me. :)

  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mannie gray said:

    @CoinJunkie said:
    I dunno, are Ike dollars popular?

    They are with me. :)

    Impractical and ugly, what's not to like? :)

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Elcontador said:
    I'll get flamed for this, but any US gold coin. The designs do nothing for me. The only ones I own are family heirlooms hidden by my grandmother in 1933 rather than turn them in to the Feds.

    Not even the incuse $2.50 & $5?

  • RarityRarity Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭✭

    I used to hate Ike dollar but not anymore :smile:

  • dogwooddogwood Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭✭

    Seated Half Dimes. Too minuscule.
    I love the Quarters.

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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,489 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hate ugly poorly struck Jefferson nickels and completely baffled why well off people collect them. lol

    Leo

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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s a tough one to answer. When I build a type set, I’m forced to buy a few coins that I normally would never buy or collect. But when they come in I’m usually like, hmmmm...these are actually pretty nice.

  • Tom147Tom147 Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    SBA's

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Presidential dollars.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Panda4456 said:
    What is a coin series that you dislike or hate that other people love collecting?

    For me, it would have to be Buffalo nickels. I was never a fan of the Indian head design and I don’t like to collect coins that aren’t silver. I also don’t like the fact the nickels don’t have a rim marks on them. Something always just seemed off about the design to me. Also most of the Buffalo nickels are dateless or near dateless. They always just seemed ugly

    Well what’s yours?

    What are "rim marks"?

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm not a hater but I get very disappointed over coins with holes or silver solder. Peace Roy

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:
    Counterfeits. There are lots of counterfeits sold from overseas and within our own country. It's amazing how popular these can be.

    I don't consider counterfeits to be actual coins.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 9, 2021 5:04AM

    @PerryHall said:

    @Zoins said:
    Counterfeits. There are lots of counterfeits sold from overseas and within our own country. It's amazing how popular these can be.

    I don't consider counterfeits to be actual coins.

    I guess I'm lucky the topic wasn't the following then ;)

    Your most hated popular actual coin

    People will have different ideas of what to include. For example, some people don't consider Brasher Doubloons or patterns to be coins either.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Zoins said:
    Counterfeits. There are lots of counterfeits sold from overseas and within our own country. It's amazing how popular these can be.

    I don't consider counterfeits to be actual coins.

    I guess I'm lucky the topic wasn't the following then ;)

    Your most hated popular actual coin

    People will have different ideas of what to include. For example, some people don't consider Brasher Doubloons or patterns to be coins either.

    Since we aren't limited to actual coins, I hate those 3" coasters made to look like replica coins. ;)

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 9, 2021 5:12AM

    @PerryHall said:

    @Zoins said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Zoins said:
    Counterfeits. There are lots of counterfeits sold from overseas and within our own country. It's amazing how popular these can be.

    I don't consider counterfeits to be actual coins.

    I guess I'm lucky the topic wasn't the following then ;)

    Your most hated popular actual coin

    People will have different ideas of what to include. For example, some people don't consider Brasher Doubloons or patterns to be coins either.

    Since we aren't limited to actual coins, I hate those 3" coasters made to look like replica coins. ;)

    I will say that counterfeit coins are posted to the forums more than some other coins, and 3" coasters, in this thread ;)

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I figure he's talking about edge reeding.

    @PerryHall said:

    @Panda4456 said:
    What is a coin series that you dislike or hate that other people love collecting?

    For me, it would have to be Buffalo nickels. I was never a fan of the Indian head design and I don’t like to collect coins that aren’t silver. I also don’t like the fact the nickels don’t have a rim marks on them. Something always just seemed off about the design to me. Also most of the Buffalo nickels are dateless or near dateless. They always just seemed ugly

    Well what’s yours?

    What are "rim marks"?

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don’t think I hate any coin series but most I’m disinterested in other than having a type sample. The ones I do really like would be pretty much anything minted in the era of classic gold, Morgans (though I don’t collect them now), Mercs, and WLH.

    The rest just don’t interest me much beyond a type.

    Viva la difference!

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hate coins with heavy tarnish.......er, I mean toning. ;)

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  • ReadyFireAimReadyFireAim Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 9, 2021 5:30AM

    AGE's
    The closest thing to counterfeit without actually being counterfeit.

    Ever look at her face under 5x.... :#:#:#
    And what's up with the landing eagle on the reverse?....Its wing is totally wrong.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jimnight said:
    Presidential dollars.

    +1

  • 87redcivic87redcivic Posts: 146 ✭✭✭

    I'll probaby get a lot of disagrees for this, but I don't like standing liberty quarters. Don't get me wrong, the artistic design is wonderful. However, the technical design is awful. 80%+ of the surviving population is a ghostly silouette with a barely legible date. Why are there 11 stars on the SLQ? Because 2 of the 13 immediately rub off.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Giving this topic some serious thought, I conclude that I do not 'hate' any of our coins. There are some I like less than others - i.e. prezzy bucks, SBA's and parking lot zincolns ;) - but I have some of each. So much easier to list those I really like - WLH's, Mercs, Buffs and Morgans.... And the top of the heap are the gold coins - incuse Indian gold and the one ounce gold coins....Love the big gold. Cheers, RickO

  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    SBA

    Frank

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  • stockdude_stockdude_ Posts: 504 ✭✭✭

    Id say its a tie between Roosevelts and and Wash quarters

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,815 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From the 19th century - the Nickel Three Cent Piece - It has a boring design which makes it totally sleep inducing.

    From the modern era - the presidential dollar series - I have been fascinated by the presidency since I was in elementary school, but somehow these coins do nothing for me. Many of the portraits are really bad, and everything is in low relief.

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  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Proof and mint sets in general.

    It doesn't have to be profitable, but it's cheap fun.

    Something about finding and rescuing a clean, high grade coin is joy... or a variety.

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    With a few exceptions, any circulating coin since 1964. Remove intrinsic value and I lose interest.

  • YoloBagelsYoloBagels Posts: 162 ✭✭✭
    edited February 9, 2021 7:26AM

    Roosie dimes, although from my perspective most FDR dime collectors are looking for monster toners, which is understandable.

    I really don't like US Trade dollars. IMO the design is boring, uninspiring and ugly. Mix in the fact that they have a huge premium and it's a no from me. I get that there's history behind them but I'll just buy a cheap one for the type set and move on. The chopmarked ones are cool though.

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 9, 2021 8:19AM

    The eagle's head on the Ike dollars looks like a lizard's head. I live in the middle of a Bald Eagle preserve. I see those birds quite often. I see multitudes of lizards everyday around here. You can't convince me otherwise...... the eagle's head on the Ike's looks like a lizard's head. So because of that I don't particularly like that coin. But I don't hate it.

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anything Barber

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Widget Morgans

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  • giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ike dollars and SBAs are both uglositous to me. (= more than ugly)

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm surprised no one mention the First Spouse gold coin series.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why do people pick on Zincolns? They are the only US coin with a self-destruct feature. They might as well stamp an expiration date on them. :D

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