Modern (1950-1998) - list of coins which you currently think represent "good value?"...
silver2nd
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Enjoyed the previous thread, (especially Mike's link) re 1800's coins which represent good value, but what about the moderns - post 1950 - 1998? What's on your list?
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Proof Platinums. Low Mintages, First U.S Platinum Coins ever, Different Designs for each year, If melted they are worth more than even the rarest coin in existence, Platinum has many industral uses and there is not enough supply. The are allowed into IRA accounts.
Also, it is the first $100 coin and the largest face value of any U.S coin ever minted.
examples are unattractive. It's a long list and certainly doesn't include all the moderns
which constitute good values.
Also most high grade 1950 to date mint state and proof except for the pop tops. This
isn't to say that the pop tops are bad values, just that it is difficult to gauge how good
a value something is when the supply and demand are very thin. Even a small change
in demand could cause a large change in price or value. Also all scarce and rare late date
coins whether they're low mintage, special issue, or varieties. Circulating varieties could
become far more sought after as newbies becomes more advanced.
Also, the 1953, 61,64-67 MS66+ PR Cameo 51-73 Quarters seem promising, (and beautiful).
1965-98 MS Kennedy Halves, and 72 & 81, & 96-98 DCAMS are interesting. I got a couple from Russ, and so many more to buy, so little dough....
I think some of the clad coins will end up being a "good value." I do not think enough of them were saved in pristine condition to meet the demand.
My thinking: a new collector begins to collect US coins. Sooner or later they begin to go backwards trying to get the nicest examples they can. Once they get into the seventies and sixties they will desire better specimens and push prices up for the earlier clads.
While a lot of folks on these boards will tell me there is a large supply of clads I feel there aren't enough to meet demand; thus they represent a "good value." Okay so a coin going from $2 to $8 is beneath a moneyed collector of Bust halves but I'm sticking with the "good value" concept.
Personally, I feel the early nineties Kennedy halves got sucked into slot machines when gambling got popular are rarer than collectors realize. The only thing keeping prices reasonably low is few collectors. I think Kennedy collectors focus on the silver versions and ignore the early to mid nineties Kennedies. I have a very nice roll of 91-D Kennedies. I wish I had more. If I could buy some more in equal condition I would but haven't found any.
Again, one major's opinion, take with salt.
As long as the demand for silver commemoratives and early sell-outs continue, consideration should be given to acquiring some number of the silver coins from the mint and selling them on eBay in the early going.
Even Ms68 if there aren't any higher might work too.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
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Could someone give me a pointer to this thread?
Thanks,
JD
Robert A. Heinlein
This is the thread I referred to:
Link
Robert A. Heinlein
where supplies have been shrinking relative to the newer ones. Specifically '67, '68, '70, '72, &
'76. When raw moderns finally get off the dime it will be the nicer ones with the bigger gains in
the short run.
The '67, '68, and '72 have already had good increases so it may be more difficult to see their gains
initially.
The '90's mint sets will be a glut on the market in the near future but these are good in the longer
term. These sets have a lot of scratches on the coins but they are otherwise very gemmy and far
better than what's found in rolls. They are overrepresented in the market only because most of the
sets are only sold after the original owner tires of buying them or dies. Most owners buy the sets
every year for ten or twenty years so later dates are always overrepresented. The lower mintages
for these assure there won't be the kind of depth of supply that the earlier ones have shown.
cladking, you've mentioned 1982 and 1983 quarters before, haven't you?
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
69s DDO Lincoln
71s DDO Lincoln
Any no-s proof of any denomination
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cladking, you've mentioned 1982 and 1983 quarters before, haven't you? >>
These are still good values though percentage increases may not be as high as with many others.
MS-60's aren't going to have substantial increases until there are substantially more collectors but
these increases are still quite plausible because of the very low base. It is at the choice and gem
unc levels that these probably have the best chance of strong increases. Many modern collectors
seek nice attractive coins and the MS-60's are usually very unattractive. The '82-P, especially, is us-
ually poorly struck from worn dies. Attractive specimens can be elusive. Even fair sized coin shows
won't normally have a nice example of this coin.
There are probably already enough collectors to substantially alter the pricing structure of coins like
this as they continue assembling their collections.
With only 50 sets kind of known to exist- but what do I know- I collect old crappy silver.
really old silver.