Which series do you dislike the most and why?
sinin1
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just curious -
I have to say all of the current stuff with the flatter surfaces and clad or plated composition turn me off
How could the mint ruin the cool Lincoln's, Jefferson's, Roosevelt's, Washington;s, and Kennedy's that they were when originally issued?
I have to say all of the current stuff with the flatter surfaces and clad or plated composition turn me off
How could the mint ruin the cool Lincoln's, Jefferson's, Roosevelt's, Washington;s, and Kennedy's that they were when originally issued?
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<< <i>Anything clad. They don't seem like real coins to me. >>
I prefer 18th and 19th century coins.
Tom
sadly, you have unwittingly eliminated 3CN's, Shield Nickels, Liberty Nickels, Buffalo Nickels and Jefferson Nickels from the gene-pool with that statement since the outer composition of clad coinage is identical to the aforementioned Nickel issues. unless, of course, you're just agitated by that sometimes visible copper ring at the reeded edge, but i doubt that. otherwise you don't like the Washington Quarter back to '32, the Roosevelt Dime back to '46 and the Kennedy Half-Dollar..................period!!! but, i digress.
i'm not sure if i dislike certain issues but there are certainly designs which i feel have no appeal. the early coinage with the pathetic reverse eagle are one and the over-used Seated Liberty design is another followed closely by the Large Cent and gold issues with the Booby Head look where Liberty was rather grotesque. i assume the reasons for those designs was a need to move forward and start striking coins, they just seem hurried to me.
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Among the "classic coins" I least like the Nickel hree cent piece. The design is boring, and many of the business strike coins are poorly stuck.
Low Grade Barbers (actually, Barbers in general are pretty ugly, they look more like men than Lady Liberty)
SBA Dollars (She's so grumpy!)
Sacagawea "Golden" Dollars (Look like junk after a little circulation) (MANGANESE=BAD)
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was originally bonded by the use of dynamite. Not because it's so hard to strike
that 99% of them are ugly when they roll out of the mint making it more interesting
to put together attractive sets. But they are favorite because they have done so well
what all coins have been designed to do for 2500 years; circulate. Virtually every
single clad quarter made before 1996 is either permanently lost to fire, flood, or land-
fill or it is in circulation getting a little thinner with each passing day. This allows for
great opportunity to learn about myriad things or assemble a spectacular collection.
They may seem like cheap imitations of real coins to most purists but this is solely
because they were designed to replace good silver without people noticing. They
were designed as cheap imitations but when you think about it they really couldn't
be. Silver was discontinued because its price was getting too high and stockpiles
of the metal were in danger of being depleted as people horded coin for its silver.
As soon as clad hit circulation the drawdown of silver coin increased. The only rea-
son it wasn't more noticeable than it was was the simple fact that both silver and
clad were produced for many months. Only a couple years after the actual discon-
tinuance of silver coin the FED was busily separating them and melting the silver.
For years (even today to a small extent) there are people stirring these coins grind-
ing away the circulating coin in the quest for overlooked or recirculated silver. They
buy coins at the bank with no interest in the circulating issues except to cull them
out trying to find the occasional nugget.
These coins never circulated side by side for decades as LBJ promised. There was
very little mixing at all except for the first couple years and those coins have suffered
a horrible attrition and are arely seen in nice condition anymore. These aren't nearly
so much cheap imitation as they are a simple replacement. The fact that they can wear
for years before you even notice they're wearing at all is not only testament to their
extreme durability but also it served to keep them in circulation safe from the hands
of collectors.
I pretty much enjoy all coins but those like the Marshall Islands coins that don't have
real face value, aren't made to circulate, and don't even exist in their country of is-
sue are generally my least favorite. ...But to each his own.
just not rare like a 1874 cc dime
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<< <i>modern coins,
just not rare like a 1874 cc dime >>
An 1874-CC 10c is distressingly common compared to dozens of moderns.
And it sells for much more than most of these.
Otherwise I like 'em.
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The absolute worst by far is the SBA---
The seated anything coins. The design went on forever.
Actually only 55 years--1837-1891
The original washington quarter 1932-1998---67 years
jefferson nickel------1938-2003---76 years
lincoln cent obv.-----1909-2006+ counting--98 years so far
Roosevelt dime-------1946-2006+counting--61 years so far
Kennedy half---------1964---2006+counting--43 years and counting
I do not understand your reasoning for not liking a series because the design went on forever-all of our current circulating coins have longer runs except for the kennedy half and even that has 43 years already. Personally i think that design runs should mandatorily be changed after a set period -like 50 years--enough is enough. JMHO. Bob.
You're right, forever is not completely accurate. It seems like the design went on forever because it was shared by the half-dime, dime, quarter, half, and dollar. Barbers were similarly exciting. JMO
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
much of that can be attributed to the top echelon at the Mint and Treasury, at least that's MHO.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
<< <i>Anything clad. They don't seem like real coins to me.
sadly, you have unwittingly eliminated 3CN's, Shield Nickels, Liberty Nickels, Buffalo Nickels and Jefferson Nickels from the gene-pool with that statement since the outer composition of clad coinage is identical to the aforementioned Nickel issues. unless, of course, you're just agitated by that sometimes visible copper ring at the reeded edge, but i doubt that. otherwise you don't like the Washington Quarter back to '32, the Roosevelt Dime back to '46 and the Kennedy Half-Dollar..................period!!! but, i digress. >>
That is their preference, so what?
<< <i>Anything circulating coin with a person (eg US president) who actually lived on the obverse. >>
I don't know about living on the obverse, but Jefferson lived at Monticello which is on the reverse.
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<< <i>Anything circulating coin with a person (eg US president) who actually lived on the obverse. >>
I don't know about living on the obverse, but Jefferson lived at Monticello which is on the reverse.
I just knew someone was going to pick on that. hehehe
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<< <i>SBA Dollars (She's so grumpy!)
Sacagawea "Golden" Dollars (Look like junk after a little circulation) (MANGANESE=BAD)
-Amanda >>
Oddly enough, the same fields I don't like on those, I do on double eagles.
After the wheat stalks disappeared the series just does not do much for me. Its not a modern thing its just a blah looking reverse IMO.
Ken
<< <i>The seated anything coins. The design went on forever. >>
Huh?
Lincoln cent obverse 98 years (1909-present)
Liberty head gold 70 years (1838-1907)
Washington 25c 67 years (1932-98)
Jefferson 5c 67 years (1938-2004)
Roosevelt 10c 62 years (1946-present)
Seated 54 years (1838-91)
Kennedy 50c 42 years (1964-present)
I have a hard time getting excited about the ultra-low relief modern stuff.
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<< <i>modern dollars: Ikes, Susan B's and Sacagaweas. Ugly and unnecessary. >>
I greatly prefer dollar coins to paper dollars. So in that regard, I do not find them "unnecessary".
On the other hand, Roosevelt dimes never caught my fancy.
<< <i>$4 Stellas.......I keep confusing them with $3's and $5's in change......... >>
Yea. I know what you mean. I often confuse the ten Libs with the Sac dollars.
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<< <i> My least favorite gold series is the Type I gold dollar. Those things are too damn small and too expensive, and I do not care for the design. It does not mean that I will never buy them (I have owned two in the past), but I really do not care for them as a series. I am ashamed that the fine southern mints got stuck having to produce them. >>
That's too bad. The gold dollars are one of the few US gold coins that actually circulated as money.
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Bingo!! We have a winner!
Besides the transvestite coins, I am also disappointed in very modern issues that have virtually no relief- many of the state quarters look like arcade tokens to me...
<< <i>Barbers in general are pretty ugly, they look more like men than Lady Liberty. >>
You can include the Morgan in this category. The Peace dollar at least has a real woman on it.
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SBA would be the series that I dislike the most.....