Three reasons why I don't like mint state coins

stujoe

1) They are not REAL coins because they were never used for the purpose that they were made for.

2) The purpose of the US mint is to make coins for ciculation and mint state coins didn't circulate. Therefor an older Mint State coin was a waste of time for the mint to make in the first place.

3) They all smell like socks from being stored in sock drawers for their whole lives. I suppose that is why people dip them, use acetone on them, and put them in airtight slabs. Who wants to smell socks when they look at their coins?

Give me Circulated or Give me Death. Happy Fourth to all.

KlectorKid

I'm Dumb... lalalalalala allaa alalalla la

Russ

Three reasons why I like mint state coins.







Russ, NCNE

barberlover

Russ, Few words needed, but very well said. Les

ClarkOfKent

Russ,

I don't think those coins left the mint lookin' like that!

MadMarty

That's from Russ's smelly socks!

Bear

Russes secret method of toning has been handed down

thru generations of his family. You place the coin in a potato and then bake the

potato with the coin at 350 degrees untill the potato is soft. Let the potato slowly

cool off and remove the coin. Clean coin under purified water, dry in acetone and

walla, toned coin.

cladking

Circ coins are great. They show evidence of the use for which they were intended.
It's tough not to like a great coin with nice even wear. The problem though is pretty
basic; If a great coin with good honest wear is desirable then the same coin with a
little less wear is even better, soon collectors upgrade all the way to coins that bare-
ly show any wear at all. It's a mighty small step to unc.

To me the ideal collectible coin would be a mint state example of a coin of which virtually
every other specimen was worn down to poor condition. The coin will have fulfilled its
function as a circulating medium, but I'd have a rare example of it. ...And I wouldn't have
to upgrade.

Obviously If one is collecting a series that are prohibitively expensive in unc, then he can
still get just as much enjoyment with his well worn collection as anyone else. But it's a safe
bet that he'll upgrade as he can.

This is not to say there's anything wrong with proofs either. These coins are fulfilling their
function when they stay in pristine condition and they are beautiful.