dave harper brings up a great point.............

tahoe98

...what say you?

CaptHenway

His point is well taken.

ModCrewman

<< <i>At a minimum, would it be too much to ask at the beginning of each year to know what will be coming in the next 12 months so collectors could allocate their funds according to their preferences without making any assumptions that could turn out to be false just a few weeks or months later? >>



The key observation from the article.

mrpotatoheadd

I quit buying coins from the Royal Canadian Mint because it reached the point where you had to buy several sets of coins (most of which were duplicates) to get the one coin you wanted that was only in one particular set. The US Mint is on this path.

EXOJUNKIE

"In simpler times there were circulating U.S. coins, uncirculated sets and proof sets."

I VOTE TO BRING BACK THE SIMPLER TIMES!

Coinsponge

Harper says "If the only limitation on new coin issues is what the Mint thinks collectors will buy, who knows where we can go in the future."


I think that horse has already left the barn.

LindeDad

<< <i>Harper says "If the only limitation on new coin issues is what the Mint thinks collectors will buy, who knows where we can go in the future."


I think that horse has already left the barn. >>



all one needs to do is look what happened to "Stamps"

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>Harper says "If the only limitation on new coin issues is what the Mint thinks collectors will buy, who knows where we can go in the future." >>

I thought Congress told the mint what to make. Does the mint actually make those decisions all by itself?

lcoopie

I lost interest and don't even know what's on the back of this years cent.

BryceM

...... what say I?

Call me old fashioned, but I see the purpose of the US Mint to be making money, not making money.

The only coins in my current collection from the post-1964 era are those that I needed for my 1900s type set and a 2009 UHR Double Eagle, which I think was a singularly wonderful coin. The rest of the modern wheelings and dealings of the mint I can live without. Life is much easier this way. I find 99% of the modern-issue coins to be devoid of interest. The designs are created by computer and show a severe lack of the "human touch" that makes classic coins so darn interesting. Who would ever assemble a collection of CB Halfs or Morgans if each coin in the series was virtually identical in design, strike, and appearance? The classics show more variation between coins than the addition of a simple mintmark. Anyone who collects Peace Dollars can list several differences between a 1922 and a 1922-S.

baccaruda

Coins are heading the way of baseball cards.

My personal favorite baseball card set was the early 50s Bowman sets. One very simple card per player. Today, there's 30 different manufacturers eash with 5 different subsets and lottery-style vendor packs and if you don't get the super-hologram-autographed card with a thread from the guy's game-used jockstrap, you might as well throw the commons in the trash and play again. Coin collecting is heading into the crapper the same way.

Zoins

I'm interested to see where these go.

More of interest to me is coins minted without mintmarks. I think West Point circulation coins and San Francisco ASEs should both have mintmarks.

19Lyds

I agree with Dave in that the S Mint coins shpuld be in the US Mint Sets.

Forcing collectors to buy 80 coins at a significant premium just to be able to get two for their collections seems a bit silly. Unless, of course, they are pandering to the Coin Dealer Community and promoting the coin collecting hobby?

Yeah, thats it! They're thinking about us collectors!

LindeDad

With the quality lately it will take more than 80 coins to find two that are collectible most likely.

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>Forcing collectors to buy 80 coins at a significant premium just to be able to get two for their collections seems a bit silly. Unless, of course, they are pandering to the Coin Dealer Community... >>

Why would that be pandering to the Coin Dealer Community? They (coin dealers) won't be buying the coins unless there is collector demand, in which case the mint would pandering to the Coin Collector Community, would they not?

Treashunt

Dave usually makes a lot of sense.

I like his columns