@BillJones said:
There are many coins, including the commemorative pieces, that were issued after 1933 that are worthwhile collectibles. The trouble is the mint is issuing way to much “stuff” now, and it’s gotten to be overwhelming. I am 72.
I am 51 and in terms of the designs I find appealing, I agree with the statement above. As an error and variety collector, my cut-off date would be 2000, as the Mint tightened up quality control and also migrated to die making and coin striking equipment that made most of the stuff I collect obsolete. The kinds of errors and varieties that result from the single-squeeze hubbing process and the horizontal Schuler presses are not appealing to me.
Sean Reynolds
Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
I have done series (CC Morgans, Walkers, Franklins, Kennedy's, ASE's), and I like big gold and silver coins. I have also added (and stacked) some 'moderns' such as some W quarters, ASE's and AGE's. I have not put any line of demarcation regarding age of coins. If I like it, I get it. My age is 39+39+1.... Intend to reach 39+39+39. So far, doing well.
I'm going to be 72 in a few days. My "cutoff" date is 1964, strictly because of the metal (silver) in dollars, halves, quarters, and dimes. To me, that has real value. I mainly collect, as far as US coinage is concerned, a 7070 type set plus the addition of older types that Dansco left out of their album, like the 1793 chain, liberty cap silver, bust dollars, and halves, etc. So my US collection is 1793 thru 1964. I do have some later pieces that are silver (proofs like the 1976 Bicentennial coins) and a few proof silver quarters (statehood mainly) that I find attractive. I detest clad and Zincolns.
I collect some foreign, ancients, and medievals, mainly for their history. My oldest coin in the ancients is the Greek Owl tetradrachm.
At 66, I traded some silver dimes and quarters for some clad quarters minted in 2019 and 2020. Giving up classic design for a silly bunch of quarters minted at West Point. I normally like to stick with Large Cents and coinage between 1792-1947 ..... the end of the Walking Liberty and allegoric design. However, being the coin geek I am and lover of people..... I can enjoy just about any orbs in our orbital world.
Now I'm excited about possibly having the TOP grade for a Marsh Billings quarter. How silly does that read ? Probably queer to some and stupid to others. But they're coins. It takes a geek.
For the younger folk, who don't know who Jack Benny was. He was a very funny comedian of the 1950's and 60's. He was "39" years old for quite a number of years until he died. And he could play a violin better then me!
I will be 70 in a few months. I collect most US coins from 1793-date. I still have fun filling albums. I roll search a lot and enjoy hunting for varieties. I hated modern coins (1965 on) for years until the state quarters came along. I like to see new issues. There is no cutoff date for me.
@CaptHenway said:
And as for my age, I am, like Mr. Benny, "39!"
The fact that you know who Mr. Benny is makes you WAAAAY over 39!
"WELL!!!"
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
I would prefer to collect pre 1933 gold over post 1933 gold.
When it comes to non gold, I collect whatever I like ranging from the 6th century BC to yesterday. Although the only coins I have that were made after the State Quarter series are some W mintmarks and the 2017 P Lincoln.
Hi Kevin,
I’m 69 and yes is my answer. But, no clad coinage in my collection with the exception of some proof sets I own. I enjoy buffalo nickels and after 1933 some are very nice. I also enjoy collecting some Jefferson nickels if they are eye appealing. Several Lincoln cents also reside in my collection post 33.
Good question.
Happy hunting, Joe
The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
Everyone has a different motivation, for me yes I have a full set of modern coins which I maintain with annual mint, proof, silver proof sets. However I prefer classic coins with PM content.
I'm 53, and it's not so much a matter of "not worthy of collecting" as much as, I've already collected examples of all the easy type coins 1800-1999 and do not need or want more.
My top 10 want list are all pre-1798 types, 3 copper, 3 silver, 4 gold. The next 10 include Gobrecht dollar, High relief saint, 1808 quarter eagle, 1813-33 hals eagle, etc.
The last thing I need is more post 1933 coins. Actually, the second to last.. the very last thing I need is anything minted post 1967.
Big 60 now.
1940 is more or less my cutoff, with the exception of the late date walkers. Coins after that just seem to be common and mundane.
As for the moderns, the intricate details and perfection are just lost on me. A worn and scudzy large cent from 179x is more appealing than an MS70 ish modern widget.
I'm 67 and the only thing modern I collect are the 2008 gold buffaloes. I collect key dates and now I'm collecting bust silver and only the early ones 1799, 1801 etc. This modern plastic ms70 garbage is just what it is....garbage!
Are post '33 mintages worthy of my collecting efforts? They had been for a long time, but from this point forward, no.
For the second time in the last 50 years, I am stepping away from collecting almost all moderns.
I stopped collecting circulating coinage and mint offerings in the mid 1970s after recognizing how poorly my investments performed in the early 60s proof sets I had purchased and in filling Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington albums, never to return.
In the mid 80's I started collecting moderns--particularly commems, building a nice gold collection in MS & Proof, which lead me to expand into many of the AGE/ASE & Buffalos (each of which at least have classic artistry) . However, in the last decade between the confluence of mint offerings paired with the cartoonish artistry of most commems, I find I'm passing on most and no longer interested even in collecting any of the new gold issues.
I collected the First Spouse Liberties, and I was excited about the 100th anniversary gold Merc, SLQ, WLHs, but I've become so alienated and frustrated with my experiences dealing with the mint's website (particularly after the WWII counter-stamp ASE/AGE debacle), that I've given up, and seriously doubt I'll ever return to collecting modern mint issues again.
At this point, I've turned my attention back to collecting $10 Indians and to Daniel Carr's Moonlight Mint offerings, which have both historical significance and continue to spark my imagination. Carr's fantasy overstrikes are simply amazing. Take for example his High Relief, Broken Sword Peace Dollars --they're actually better than the original series! Remarkable.
If it's in the right plastic, I don't care what the coin is.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
The posted replies are very interesting and have been fun to read.
From the replies it appears to me that among forum members who actively post there is a wide range of collecting interests that can not be segmented/categorized by the use of arbitrary markers (i.e. age).
It appears that the collecting interests of those who have posted to this thread derive from the individual person (each of whom are unique due to their life experiences).
Sort of like what happens in broader society. Labels assigned to persons based upon arbitrary markers (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) ignore the fact that everyone is unique and do not easily fit into any pigeonhole.
Hopefully more forum members will read and post replies to this thread.
I'm 75 and started collecting in 1957. I have many sets of all kinds of coins. I pay no attention to what any cut off dates are. I collect what I like .
49 years old. Been amassing since 86 but started collecting in 2000. Trying for a complete ASE proof 70 set (type 1.). Almost there.
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@jesbroken said:
While I have had complete Kennedy, Roosevelt, Jefferson collections, only war year Jeffersons do I continue to collect, so while I am 73 and enjoyed collecting in the 50's and 60's I would feel the war to be a definitive line for what I consider to be well designed and beautiful coinage, suchas, Walkers, SLQs, Buffaloes, Mercury Dimes for nothing after these series even bears resemblance of coinage with an artistic designer for the die maker. Sad, but that is how it is. I feel the future collectors will enjoy collecting 5cent beer tokens rather than the recent Stuff by our joke US Mint. Again, JMO.
Jim
You are kind of ignoring how popular NCLT from around the world is with modern collectors. Just because you don't like Star Wars coins or Harry Potter coins doesn't mean that others don't and that "future collectors" won't collect them.
There are some incredible modern designs. I mean, the whole purpose of Roosevelt tracking down St. Gauden's is because he felt U.S. coinage at the turn of the 19th century was boring and lacked artistry.
The issue raised is our own collecting preferences, not what other collectors might collect. I'm a 77 year old retired dealer with no particular collecting area. I have a few problems with moderns, but they're coins. There are no Star War coins. Could be they're Star Wars tokens. I cannot convince myself that a Coke bottle-cap is a coin. Chuck-e-Cheez tokens?
If they're not government issues, they're not coins. I like poker chips. Some early poker chips are cool historical artifacts. They aren't coins.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
@SanctionII said:
From the replies it appears to me that among forum members who actively post there is a wide range of collecting interests that can not be segmented/categorized by the use of arbitrary markers (i.e. age).
It appears that the collecting interests of those who have posted to this thread derive from the individual person (each of whom are unique due to their life experiences).
Sort of like what happens in broader society. Labels assigned to persons based upon arbitrary markers (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) ignore the fact that everyone is unique and do not easily fit into any pigeonhole.
Yes
Concurrently, it's also evident that the coinage with the highest preference contains common attributes which creates a broader appeal, now and previously: the metal content, coin size, perceptions of artistic merit, cultural connections, and availability (not very difficult to buy but not too common either).
@jesbroken said:
While I have had complete Kennedy, Roosevelt, Jefferson collections, only war year Jeffersons do I continue to collect, so while I am 73 and enjoyed collecting in the 50's and 60's I would feel the war to be a definitive line for what I consider to be well designed and beautiful coinage, suchas, Walkers, SLQs, Buffaloes, Mercury Dimes for nothing after these series even bears resemblance of coinage with an artistic designer for the die maker. Sad, but that is how it is. I feel the future collectors will enjoy collecting 5cent beer tokens rather than the recent Stuff by our joke US Mint. Again, JMO.
Jim
You are kind of ignoring how popular NCLT from around the world is with modern collectors. Just because you don't like Star Wars coins or Harry Potter coins doesn't mean that others don't and that "future collectors" won't collect them.
There are some incredible modern designs. I mean, the whole purpose of Roosevelt tracking down St. Gauden's is because he felt U.S. coinage at the turn of the 19th century was boring and lacked artistry.
The issue raised is our own collecting preferences, not what other collectors might collect. I'm a 77 year old retired dealer with no particular collecting area. I have a few problems with moderns, but they're coins. There are no Star War coins. Could be they're Star Wars tokens. I cannot convince myself that a Coke bottle-cap is a coin. Chuck-e-Cheez tokens?
If they're not government issues, they're not coins. I like poker chips. Some early poker chips are cool historical artifacts. They aren't coins.
I have one of the Coke bottle cap "coins." I don't consider it to be a true coin but I still think it's pretty neat!
I'm 68. I lean toward pre-34 because my interest in coins was coupled with an interest in U.S. history. That said some of the coins I really enjoy cross over into the more modern era (mercury dimes) and I like Washington quarters and Franklin halfs.
The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
I just turned 77. Had a bypass last year. I've given my children coins that I thought they would like. Sold most of the rest.
But coins after 19933 that I still enjoy, buffalo, nickel & dollar, mercury dime in silver, the gold was just to poorly struck. The standing Liberty quarte, and of course the walking liberty half
As far as modern comitatives just to many but the buffalo dollar & the Dolley Madison silver dollar are beautiful coins IMHO
I've collected since childhood with coffeecans full of pennies my grandma let me pick through. Then life and I was off and on with kids etc. I'm gravitating to earlier stuff now. I like seated and bust coinage, not ventured into draped bust silver or gold yet, but I can see that day coming. I generally buy what appeals to me. I would spend a couple bucks on a clad coin if it had outstanding toning. I have lots of jeffs that were in whitman blue folder that have toned spectacularly. I've put some generic halfs (frankies, kennedys, walkers) in wayte raymond pages to see if they tone. My cut off wouldn't be a date, but the time when they started putting dead presidents (instead of liberty) on coins, but I do like a pretty s-vdb.
It has been interesting reading this thread.
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@SanctionII said:
Is US Coinage minted after 1933 an area of the hobby that is worthy of your collecting efforts?
I picked after 1933 because that year is the last year that the mint produced circulating gold coinage and because the mintage levels of circulating coinage from 1934 forward increased substantially making most 1934 forward coins relatively easy to locate and acquire.
I am curious how collectors of different age groups would answer this question (especially those collectors less than 50 years of age who did not collect during a time when silver coins were commonplace in pocket change).
While gold and silver has faded away in our circulating coinage, the composition for the nickel has remained unchanged since 1866 for the exception of 1942 to 1945 when the nickel was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese.......so there's that going for a somewhat modern series, Jefferson nickels. https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/coin_composition_changes.jpg
The 1938 to 1970 Jefferson nickels has been my focus for a number of years so 1970 would be my cut-off date unlike my 63 years.
And proof-like Jefferson nickels.....check out this short video of a very proof-like 1941-D Jefferson nickel everyone that really wouldn't exist today if it weren't for one collector's dedication in roll searching over 40 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0fkCnFqkoU&t=2s
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
I am 63. I am not a real collector but I like to cherrypick rarities. Not so much valueable but the feeling of finding a true rarity. I love the finding of the 1792 half disme in a junk box!!!!
I'm on the downhill side of 63, and to be completely honest I'm not sure if this is my second reply to the thread or not. I do read threads from wherever I left off last time, so not wanting to go back again; I'll take a chance on repeating myself (I think that's definitely an old guy thing). I don't have a cutoff date at all, and my latest coin I set aside was a Washington crossing the Delaware quarter. Most of the cost (value?) of my collection is definitely pre 1933.
I'm 47. Yes, I enjoy collecting coins post 1933. I never considered circulating gold coinage as a marker, or even mintage as an end to a new beginning. Those seem to be unorthodox, but probably good as any really. That's an interesting perspective. I suppose it boils down to each everyone's own approach, and understanding of where they want to start, considering their own budget too. I had always considered the start of clad as most prominent division with coins, as those were the biggest differences I saw in the Red Book as a YN. Those impressions seem to have stuck for me at least. However, since then my budget has steadily increased, and that really is the driver for my own tastes, regardless of any mintage, or, composition change. I do collect clads, but those tend to be more so varieties. Everything at 1964 and below is equal opportunity.
I have all post–1933 business strike nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and Ike dollars in Capital Holders. Post–1933 cents to 1964 are in my old Whitman books. Mint sets from 1965 to date cover the rest of the cents; nickels after 1964; and the newer dollar coins. I keep them complete via annual mint and silver proof set purchases.
I also do a birthyear 1958 certified/registry set.
So, I certainly collect the later date coins, but my current collecting emphasis is on earlier coins.
My last three purchases:
Clad-1999-P 10c NGC MS68FT (NGC Registry Set add)
Silver-1953 P/D/S 25c Raw (Uncirculated adds to H.E. Harris folder)
Gold-1852 $2.50 PCGS MS62 (PCGS 7070 Registry Set add)
I don't have any date or metal composition boundaries. I am 57.
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I am 51 and in terms of the designs I find appealing, I agree with the statement above. As an error and variety collector, my cut-off date would be 2000, as the Mint tightened up quality control and also migrated to die making and coin striking equipment that made most of the stuff I collect obsolete. The kinds of errors and varieties that result from the single-squeeze hubbing process and the horizontal Schuler presses are not appealing to me.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
I have done series (CC Morgans, Walkers, Franklins, Kennedy's, ASE's), and I like big gold and silver coins. I have also added (and stacked) some 'moderns' such as some W quarters, ASE's and AGE's. I have not put any line of demarcation regarding age of coins. If I like it, I get it. My age is 39+39+1.... Intend to reach 39+39+39. So far, doing well.
I'm going to be 72 in a few days. My "cutoff" date is 1964, strictly because of the metal (silver) in dollars, halves, quarters, and dimes. To me, that has real value. I mainly collect, as far as US coinage is concerned, a 7070 type set plus the addition of older types that Dansco left out of their album, like the 1793 chain, liberty cap silver, bust dollars, and halves, etc. So my US collection is 1793 thru 1964. I do have some later pieces that are silver (proofs like the 1976 Bicentennial coins) and a few proof silver quarters (statehood mainly) that I find attractive. I detest clad and Zincolns.
I collect some foreign, ancients, and medievals, mainly for their history. My oldest coin in the ancients is the Greek Owl tetradrachm.
Tom
My OmniCoin Collection
My BankNoteBank Collection
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At 66, I traded some silver dimes and quarters for some clad quarters minted in 2019 and 2020. Giving up classic design for a silly bunch of quarters minted at West Point. I normally like to stick with Large Cents and coinage between 1792-1947 ..... the end of the Walking Liberty and allegoric design. However, being the coin geek I am and lover of people..... I can enjoy just about any orbs in our orbital world.
Now I'm excited about possibly having the TOP grade for a Marsh Billings quarter. How silly does that read ? Probably queer to some and stupid to others. But they're coins. It takes a geek.
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For the younger folk, who don't know who Jack Benny was. He was a very funny comedian of the 1950's and 60's. He was "39" years old for quite a number of years until he died. And he could play a violin better then me!
I will be 70 in a few months. I collect most US coins from 1793-date. I still have fun filling albums. I roll search a lot and enjoy hunting for varieties. I hated modern coins (1965 on) for years until the state quarters came along. I like to see new issues. There is no cutoff date for me.
"WELL!!!"
58, pre 1964 for me
I like some of the post 1933 coins (walkers/mercs). I'm 32.
I would prefer to collect pre 1933 gold over post 1933 gold.
When it comes to non gold, I collect whatever I like ranging from the 6th century BC to yesterday. Although the only coins I have that were made after the State Quarter series are some W mintmarks and the 2017 P Lincoln.
I'm 29
Hi Kevin,
I’m 69 and yes is my answer. But, no clad coinage in my collection with the exception of some proof sets I own. I enjoy buffalo nickels and after 1933 some are very nice. I also enjoy collecting some Jefferson nickels if they are eye appealing. Several Lincoln cents also reside in my collection post 33.
Good question.
Happy hunting, Joe
I'm 53, and it's not so much a matter of "not worthy of collecting" as much as, I've already collected examples of all the easy type coins 1800-1999 and do not need or want more.
My top 10 want list are all pre-1798 types, 3 copper, 3 silver, 4 gold. The next 10 include Gobrecht dollar, High relief saint, 1808 quarter eagle, 1813-33 hals eagle, etc.
The last thing I need is more post 1933 coins. Actually, the second to last.. the very last thing I need is anything minted post 1967.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Big 60 now.
1940 is more or less my cutoff, with the exception of the late date walkers. Coins after that just seem to be common and mundane.
As for the moderns, the intricate details and perfection are just lost on me. A worn and scudzy large cent from 179x is more appealing than an MS70 ish modern widget.
I'm 67 and the only thing modern I collect are the 2008 gold buffaloes. I collect key dates and now I'm collecting bust silver and only the early ones 1799, 1801 etc. This modern plastic ms70 garbage is just what it is....garbage!
For the second time in the last 50 years, I am stepping away from collecting almost all moderns.
I stopped collecting circulating coinage and mint offerings in the mid 1970s after recognizing how poorly my investments performed in the early 60s proof sets I had purchased and in filling Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington albums, never to return.
In the mid 80's I started collecting moderns--particularly commems, building a nice gold collection in MS & Proof, which lead me to expand into many of the AGE/ASE & Buffalos (each of which at least have classic artistry) . However, in the last decade between the confluence of mint offerings paired with the cartoonish artistry of most commems, I find I'm passing on most and no longer interested even in collecting any of the new gold issues.
I collected the First Spouse Liberties, and I was excited about the 100th anniversary gold Merc, SLQ, WLHs, but I've become so alienated and frustrated with my experiences dealing with the mint's website (particularly after the WWII counter-stamp ASE/AGE debacle), that I've given up, and seriously doubt I'll ever return to collecting modern mint issues again.
At this point, I've turned my attention back to collecting $10 Indians and to Daniel Carr's Moonlight Mint offerings, which have both historical significance and continue to spark my imagination. Carr's fantasy overstrikes are simply amazing. Take for example his High Relief, Broken Sword Peace Dollars --they're actually better than the original series! Remarkable.
Also minted by Carr, is Jeff Shelvin's 100th Anniversary So Called Wilson Dollar. http://www.so-calleddollar.com/fixed-price-list/wilson-dollar-100-year-anniversary-medals/. While I'll probably never own an original, how cool it is having a couple of these in my collection.
If it's in the right plastic, I don't care what the coin is.
At 69, I collect what tickles my fancy. No cut off dates for me.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
I rechecked this thread.
The posted replies are very interesting and have been fun to read.
From the replies it appears to me that among forum members who actively post there is a wide range of collecting interests that can not be segmented/categorized by the use of arbitrary markers (i.e. age).
It appears that the collecting interests of those who have posted to this thread derive from the individual person (each of whom are unique due to their life experiences).
Sort of like what happens in broader society. Labels assigned to persons based upon arbitrary markers (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) ignore the fact that everyone is unique and do not easily fit into any pigeonhole.
Hopefully more forum members will read and post replies to this thread.
Thanks to all who have done so.
I'm 75 and started collecting in 1957. I have many sets of all kinds of coins. I pay no attention to what any cut off dates are. I collect what I like .
49 years old. Been amassing since 86 but started collecting in 2000. Trying for a complete ASE proof 70 set (type 1.). Almost there.
100% positive transactions with SurfinxHI, bigole, 1madman, collectorcoins, proofmorgan, Luke Marshall, silver pop, golden egg, point five zero,coin22lover, alohagary, blaircountycoin,joebb21
The issue raised is our own collecting preferences, not what other collectors might collect. I'm a 77 year old retired dealer with no particular collecting area. I have a few problems with moderns, but they're coins. There are no Star War coins. Could be they're Star Wars tokens. I cannot convince myself that a Coke bottle-cap is a coin. Chuck-e-Cheez tokens?
If they're not government issues, they're not coins. I like poker chips. Some early poker chips are cool historical artifacts. They aren't coins.
I'm into older coinage... very little after 1933. And I'm 48.
TBD
Yes
Concurrently, it's also evident that the coinage with the highest preference contains common attributes which creates a broader appeal, now and previously: the metal content, coin size, perceptions of artistic merit, cultural connections, and availability (not very difficult to buy but not too common either).
I have one of the Coke bottle cap "coins." I don't consider it to be a true coin but I still think it's pretty neat!
I'm 68. I lean toward pre-34 because my interest in coins was coupled with an interest in U.S. history. That said some of the coins I really enjoy cross over into the more modern era (mercury dimes) and I like Washington quarters and Franklin halfs.
I am 38 and only collect pre 33. And no nickels of any kind either
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I just turned 77. Had a bypass last year. I've given my children coins that I thought they would like. Sold most of the rest.
But coins after 19933 that I still enjoy, buffalo, nickel & dollar, mercury dime in silver, the gold was just to poorly struck. The standing Liberty quarte, and of course the walking liberty half
As far as modern comitatives just to many but the buffalo dollar & the Dolley Madison silver dollar are beautiful coins IMHO
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Since I started my collecting with Lincoln cents I consider modern after 1958. I have a few modern coins but mainly like anything prior to 1917.
61
I've collected since childhood with coffeecans full of pennies my grandma let me pick through. Then life and I was off and on with kids etc. I'm gravitating to earlier stuff now. I like seated and bust coinage, not ventured into draped bust silver or gold yet, but I can see that day coming. I generally buy what appeals to me. I would spend a couple bucks on a clad coin if it had outstanding toning. I have lots of jeffs that were in whitman blue folder that have toned spectacularly. I've put some generic halfs (frankies, kennedys, walkers) in wayte raymond pages to see if they tone. My cut off wouldn't be a date, but the time when they started putting dead presidents (instead of liberty) on coins, but I do like a pretty s-vdb.
It has been interesting reading this thread.
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While gold and silver has faded away in our circulating coinage, the composition for the nickel has remained unchanged since 1866 for the exception of 1942 to 1945 when the nickel was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese.......so there's that going for a somewhat modern series, Jefferson nickels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0fkCnFqkoU&t=2s
https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/coin_composition_changes.jpg
The 1938 to 1970 Jefferson nickels has been my focus for a number of years so 1970 would be my cut-off date unlike my 63 years.
And proof-like Jefferson nickels.....check out this short video of a very proof-like 1941-D Jefferson nickel everyone that really wouldn't exist today if it weren't for one collector's dedication in roll searching over 40 years ago.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
I am 63. I am not a real collector but I like to cherrypick rarities. Not so much valueable but the feeling of finding a true rarity. I love the finding of the 1792 half disme in a junk box!!!!
I'm on the downhill side of 63, and to be completely honest I'm not sure if this is my second reply to the thread or not. I do read threads from wherever I left off last time, so not wanting to go back again; I'll take a chance on repeating myself (I think that's definitely an old guy thing). I don't have a cutoff date at all, and my latest coin I set aside was a Washington crossing the Delaware quarter. Most of the cost (value?) of my collection is definitely pre 1933.
I'm 47. Yes, I enjoy collecting coins post 1933. I never considered circulating gold coinage as a marker, or even mintage as an end to a new beginning. Those seem to be unorthodox, but probably good as any really. That's an interesting perspective. I suppose it boils down to each everyone's own approach, and understanding of where they want to start, considering their own budget too. I had always considered the start of clad as most prominent division with coins, as those were the biggest differences I saw in the Red Book as a YN. Those impressions seem to have stuck for me at least. However, since then my budget has steadily increased, and that really is the driver for my own tastes, regardless of any mintage, or, composition change. I do collect clads, but those tend to be more so varieties. Everything at 1964 and below is equal opportunity.
I have all post–1933 business strike nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and Ike dollars in Capital Holders. Post–1933 cents to 1964 are in my old Whitman books. Mint sets from 1965 to date cover the rest of the cents; nickels after 1964; and the newer dollar coins. I keep them complete via annual mint and silver proof set purchases.
I also do a birthyear 1958 certified/registry set.
So, I certainly collect the later date coins, but my current collecting emphasis is on earlier coins.
My last three purchases:
Clad-1999-P 10c NGC MS68FT (NGC Registry Set add)
Silver-1953 P/D/S 25c Raw (Uncirculated adds to H.E. Harris folder)
Gold-1852 $2.50 PCGS MS62 (PCGS 7070 Registry Set add)
I don't have any date or metal composition boundaries. I am 57.