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What is the one series or single type you will NEVER collect? You just have zero interest in?
braddick
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3c nickels, just the ambiguity of the later Proofs/Business strikes is off putting and that might be the most interesting thing about them. I can't get behind trickles
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Morgans. I know tons of people love them, but it's just not a design I like.
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Good call.
I have a couple in my type sets, yet that is all.
Is it the design or the commonality of this coin that keeps you from collecting them?
Anything clad. I hate clad coins.
Clad coins, Lincoln Memorial cents (major errors excepted).
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Presidential dollars..... No interest at all.... SBA is a close second. Cheers, RickO
Shield Nickels. I have a few of them for type but I would never take it any farther than that. Not even interested in upgrading what I have.
I have a few copper coins but the metal as a whole is off putting and unstable. And don't even get me started on Zinc or steel
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Barber dimes, quarters, halves along with his liberty V-nickels. Not enamored with the redundant design.
President dollars.
Clad coinage, except Ike dollars, I like Ike.
"Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
~Wayne
Also, coins that easily deteriorate. Examples would be MS70 silver eagles and high-grade zinc cents. I'd hate to check on these coins after a few years and see where they have lost their value based on environmental issues that are not easy to prevent.
I think I have at least one example of most modern coins so I really can’t say I wouldn’t collect any of them ever. But most modern coins after 1964 I have less interest in than older ones.
Mr_Spud
Post-1964 unless it’s an error or special variety.
Also I don’t like any of the non-Buffalo nickels.
Finally - I don’t view owning an example of something as collecting it. If you’ve got a type set I think you can own a trime and still accurately say you don’t collect them.
Morgans and anything modern. In fact I have little interest in collecting most series of federal coinage. I would rather focus on tokens, medals, colonials, pioneer gold, and numismatic literature.
ANA-LM, CWTS-LM, NBS, TAMS, ANS
Anything copper. That metal looks like crap 90% of the time.
low ball coins
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
The Innovation $1 series.
Small dollars of any kind. A token coinage with dull designs minted by the billions.
Never collect ever ever? Modern dollar coins (Ike and up), Classic or Modern commemoratives, Franklins, JFK halves, modern silver bullion, and zincolns.
At least those are generally ones I could afford. Lots of series I’ll never touch just due to cost.
Coins with chop marks. I consider them to be PMD.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Jefferson Nickels for me.
Modern commems (with an exception of a few)
$4 stellas... shes just too fussy with the hair, up, down, just make up your mind already...
It's all about what the people want...
$1 gold dollar pieces.
Just too tiny to appreciate them.
Kennedys and Ike Dollars.
Dave
Nickels, Roosies, 3 centers, 20 centers
However owning them might be another story.
Roosevelts - being so small, with bad eyesight and big fat fingers they are a pain in the butt for me to roll search/ collect
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Barber coinage. I hate the low relief, uninspiring design.
Most everything that is said to be part of the regular series of coins, but not included in the Proof sets. Aside from one type coin, the Innovation dollars series comes to mind.
So far as the 19th century goes for me “one and done” is good enough for the Nickel Three Cent Piece.
I refuse to buy another
Just having one for type is more than enough
I understand where you're coming from ricko. But I did do the Presidential Dollars. P, D, and Proof. Something to do. So many of the portraits I thought were very poorly done...... But...it kept me busy looking for a good specimen regardless. I just completed my SBA set. Also P,D, and proof. Not very exciting but a hands on project. Have to keep busy.
After reading words like 'off putting' and 'crap' in conjunction with coppers, I am stunned.
Heretics!
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Morgans.
Anything made of gold. I don't care how nice a design is (and many are attractive) NO design can ever overcome the intrinsic ugliness of that baby crap yellow color.
I pretty much feel the same but this was one of my exceptions
Presidential dollars.
Any of the Barber series or anything minted since 1970.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
Lincolns, Morgans, & all current circulating coinage & their silver counterparts with shared designs. Sick of them.
I like the reverse, but I don't like the obverse. The ubiquity also doesn't help.
I'm surprised no one mentioned the first spouse series of half ounce gold coins.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Third party graded coins
Just remember that there's a raw coin inside every slab.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I don't collect US anymore; have not bought even one in about 15 years.
I don't intend to buy any but if I did, the list I wouldn't buy is a lot longer than the one I would.
Right. I agree. I just look at those as a not very attractive spending buck. They were used around here when I was a kid. I always wondered,...... "Who is that fat lady?" kinda looked like the girl down the road..... no joke.....Yuk!
Modern coins. Particularly ASE
Roosevelts.
Too modern and I prefer Mercury dimes.
So, if I were to expend the effort and cash.....It would be Mercs, instead.
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
My problem with them is that they are sooo common.
Im not a barber man. Lots of guys I respect love them. I just can't get into them. They are my radish. I think I should like them but every year when I try and bite into them no bueno.
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I think I've already collected just about everything except US gold.
I don't think I'd ever start a collection of French aluminum. The coins seen too common, vulgar, and pedestrian to my tastes.
Curiously though I set these aside in Gem when I see them.
Go figure.
I'm a type set guy, but am all done collecting anything younger than me, (53) and anything of any age that was "made for collectors"
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