Which series (any denomination) is currently unloved, out of favor and reasonable to complete?

OperationButter · May 22, 2016 1:52PM

Im not looking at starting any new projects, just curious on what you experts see out in the marketplace in your respective series.

Which series (any denomination) is currently unloved, out of favor and reasonable to complete? Does the series also have long term (15+ years out) upside or dead in the water?

Reasonable = price on the low side of the range for the given series.

Look forward to hearing people's thoughts.

Zoins · May 22, 2016 1:54PM

If a series is currently out of favor and should have long term potential, it's useful to look at income distribution and demographic targets for those time frames to estimate who will have disposable income and then estimate what coins those people would be interested in.

Overdate · May 22, 2016 2:08PM

Lincoln shield cents come to mind.

On a more serious note, Platinum Eagles are currently unloved, many are low-mintage and most have low premiums above metal value.

halfhunter · May 22, 2016 2:18PM

Roosevelt dimes and all clad coins.

HH

SCDHunter · May 22, 2016 2:20PM

I would vote for the Jefferson Nickel. One can purchase the 1938-1962 circulated business strikes (without varieties) for about $30 on eBay. That is up from about $20 a few years ago.

I consider it the last honest US coin.

LindeDad · May 22, 2016 2:43PM

Classic Commemoratives.

Boosibri · May 22, 2016 2:44PM

Indian $2.5's and $5's while not unloved are priced well below past trends.

Early Commems are unloved when not with monster color

msch1man · May 22, 2016 3:12PM

Classic commemoratives would certainly seem to fit the 'unloved, out of favor' description.

ambro51 · May 22, 2016 9:17PM

Anthony dollars

Gazes · May 22, 2016 9:33PM

proof barber dimes

oih82w8 · May 22, 2016 10:20PM

Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars are relatively inexpensive.

lordmarcovan · May 22, 2016 11:29PM

Shield nickels and 2c pieces have been in Sleepytown for as long as I can remember. The shield designs don't seem to appeal to folks as much as Liberties or dead presidents.

Then again, Liberty nickels have always struck me as being deep in the shadows cast by their hugely popular Buffalo successors, and even their contemporary Barber counterpart denominations.

TwoSides2aCoin · May 23, 2016 12:03AM

The territorial quarter series is fabulous.

ShadyDave · May 23, 2016 12:27AM

Originally posted by: Boosibri

Indian $2.5's and $5's while not unloved are priced well below past trends.

Early Commems are unloved when not with monster color

I agree that $2.5 eagles are very reasonably priced (in my opinion) right now and I've been quickly plugging away some nice coins while spot is down. It is a "cheap" set to collect in low-mid MS and there are only 15 coins in total with one show stopper...

Jackthecat1 · May 23, 2016 12:32AM

I second the votes for clad coinage, Jefferson Nickels, and classic commemoratives.

CommemKing · May 23, 2016 12:46AM

Early commemoratives. We keep talking about this. Someday they are going to burst.

mustangmanbob · May 23, 2016 2:30AM

1) Did it circulate when people were kids? If no, then mostly unloved

2) Was it hyped to death from the mint with 48 quadrillion made? Unloved

3) Did 132,000,000 people buy BU rolls and stash them away, and they will flood the market for years? Unloved

4) Dead Dog Ugly? Unloved

5) 787,241 varieties needed to complete set, that the differences can only be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope? Unloved

6) Set has 1 - 3 coins that are made out of unobtanium? Unloved.

joeykoins · May 23, 2016 2:37AM

As to the "unloved", it would have to be the Susan B. Anthony series.(sorry, SBA lovers)
As to the series that is well popular and not too expensive to complete, I'd say the Kennedy series! Now if you would include all the variety aspect of the series, it would cost quite a bit more cash. but well worth it, I think anyway?-joey I

the Kennedy coin.

OldEastside · May 23, 2016 3:06AM

Modern Commemorative Silver Dollars

Steve

mozin · May 23, 2016 3:24AM

Classic Commemoratives I believe are best fitting this thread.

The only set I ever completed was the PCGS Everyman $2.50 Indian gold, all in grade 58. Fifteen pieces are needed to complete the full set. Only the 1911-D is pricey, costing just about what the remaining fourteen coins costs all together.

SkyMan · May 23, 2016 3:31AM

I second the motion for Franklin half dollars.

291fifth · May 23, 2016 4:03AM

The unloved series which have been mentioned by other posters can be collected without breaking the bank. Unfortunately, they are unpopular for a variety of reasons and are likely to stay that way. If you plan on making money on such series you are going to be disappointed.

dpoole · May 23, 2016 4:21AM

One classic series of low mintage, of classic design, very inexpensive and unloved forever is the Three Cent Nickel proofs.

cladking · May 23, 2016 5:11AM

Originally posted by: dpoole

One classic series of low mintage, of classic design, very inexpensive and unloved forever is the Three Cent Nickel proofs.

I can help but think all US base metal coins are underappreciated and clads and 3c nickels head the list. A lot of the cents and half cents aren't really "underappreciated" but there are lots of ways to collect them that put them in reach of more casual collectors.

There is simply going to be a growing percentage of collectors who don't mind base metal. If numbers of collectors increases as much as is apparent this will help these coiins a lot.

Bob1951 · May 23, 2016 5:16AM

A BU set of Washington quarters. The prices have been stagnant forever. I do not know about long term upside but the downside is probably not much.

TwoSides2aCoin · May 23, 2016 5:57AM

After the hunt, there's more game. That's one of my thoughts.

Cougar1978 · May 23, 2016 6:02AM

Franklin Halves.

jonruns · May 23, 2016 6:07AM

Classic Head Half Eagles: 8 coins in total

The Federalist · May 23, 2016 6:13AM

Franklin Half Dollars and more modern clad coins.

fivecents · May 23, 2016 6:54AM

Originally posted by: OldEastside
Modern Commemorative Silver Dollars

Steve

Goldminers · May 23, 2016 8:03AM

I have to go with First Spouse Gold. Not cheap as a lot of gold coins, but many in the super low 2,000 mintage range and very unloved now. When the series is over this year, I expect a rebound over time for all of them, especially if gold prices hold up.

OperationButter · May 23, 2016 9:02AM

Originally posted by: Goldminers

I have to go with First Spouse Gold. Not cheap as a lot of gold coins, but many in the super low 2,000 mintage range and very unloved now. When the series is over this year, I expect a rebound over time for all of them, especially if gold prices hold up.

I agree. My set of PR and MS is now complete.

I also agree with many of members here and thank you for your expertise and feedback. Very interesting to see the number of times a few series came up.

Would love to hear from more members, very insightful.

coinkat · May 23, 2016 9:50AM

Limiting this to U.S. Coins, I would go with the following:

Classic Commems

III Cent nickels

2 Cent series

jcping · May 23, 2016 2:03PM

3 cent silver
Two cents

53BKid · May 26, 2016 5:22AM

Originally posted by: coinkat
Limiting this to U.S. Coins, I would go with the following:

Classic Commems

III Cent nickels

2 Cent series

BINGO!

joebb21 · May 26, 2016 5:45AM

I think the classic commems is a grate series.

Its relatively "cheap" to get in on high grade examples of 65-67 for less than $300 per coin. A different design some of which are beautiful and really interesting.

I think that while they didnt really circulate, they are an easy transition for anyone building modern commems or anything vintage.

I dont know where the bottom will be but I think they are ultimately a great value.

mustangmanbob · May 26, 2016 6:27AM

It is kind of like gaining market share in a dying industry.

Yes, your charts look great for % of the market, but when you go to sell, there is no market left.

Beanie Babies, Cabbage Pack Kids, etc.

All could be purchased for 1/2 their peak price, on the way to oblivion.

travlntiques · May 26, 2016 1:15PM

If you look through the responses so far it almost seems that every coin is considered undervalued, unwanted, underappreciated by someone.......except the beautiful coins like Seated & Busts which I might argue have the best chance of going up in value because people will actually want to look at them as time marches on ;-)
Unlike the SBA.....yeeesh!

Overdate · May 26, 2016 11:48PM

Originally posted by: Goldminers
I have to go with First Spouse Gold. Not cheap as a lot of gold coins, but many in the super low 2,000 mintage range and very unloved now. When the series is over this year, I expect a rebound over time for all of them, especially if gold prices hold up.

And within the First Spouse series, there is the four-coin "Liberty" subset, each with a design based a classic obverse. Premiums above melt are reasonable, and there are no "stoppers".

coinhack · May 27, 2016 2:50AM

Modern commemorative silver dollars.

There is a total of 151 coins in proof and uncirculated combined.

There are a lot of mundane designs and artwork that makes you wonder why they even bothered but there are some attractive designs and worthy causes, as well. And that is the reason few people choose to collect the whole set. Collectors who buy any of these coins do it the same as the classic commems, they just pick up a few they like with no intention of completing a full set.

That is reason that they are so "affordable". You can buy several of the early dates for just a few dollars over melt. And the 5 Atlanta Olympic dollars that are the keys have mintages from under 15,000 to less than 20,000 and sell for only $100 to a little over $200 in MS69 condition.

Extremely affordable but unloved and not going anywhere soon.

joeykoins · May 29, 2016 11:25PM

Another unloved series in the misfit category are the "Statehood Quarters". What a shame how this series turned out. At first, it was one of the keenest ideas by the Mint. But, unfortunately, it became one of the most unloved coin(Series) in the coin hobby! I really don't understand why people just don't like it? Most people anyway? I do admit, this series still might be interesting to the younger hobbyist's? Nice try Mint.

Which series (any denomination) is currently unloved, out of favor and reasonable to complete?

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