@Justacommeman said:
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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I can take or leave Barbers...but......as far as being radish.....no.....never......I started my EMPIRE growing radishes. Little kid. Took them door to door on weekends in town. 25¢ a bag.......And......"Mow your lawn for a dime lady!" I have
good memories of the radish! Plus.....how can anybody eat a taco with sauce without a radish!?!?!?!? Radish....MUY BUENO!
Here's something to offend everyone:
1) All US gold. Don't like any of the designs. The only coins I have are those my grandmother hid from the Feds in 1933, and I consider them family heirlooms, not numismatic items.
2) Any series which began after the Walking Liberty Half ceased production. No interest in any of them.
3) Washington Quarters. Found a 1932 S in VG 10 over 50 years ago in change. That's enough.
4) Morgans. Don't like the design. Have a nice one for my type set that I got from GSA in 1980.
5) Any of the 3 cent coins. The silver is so small, it hurts my eyes to look at it, and the 3 cent nickel is just imo, plain ugly.
6) Any half dime. They're so small, they hurt my eyes to look at them.
7) Never could get into Peace Dollars.
8) Any pre 1815 copper which is not in a PC OGH or older holder. I had an expensive one go bad in holder, was lucky to unload it, and am not going to risk that again.
Is there anyone I haven't offended?
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@Elcontador said:
Here's something to offend everyone:
1) All US gold. Don't like any of the designs. The only coins I have are those my grandmother hid from the Feds in 1933, and I consider them family heirlooms, not numismatic items.
2) Any series which began after the Walking Liberty Half ceased production. No interest in any of them.
3) Washington Quarters. Found a 1932 S in VG 10 over 50 years ago in change. That's enough.
4) Morgans. Don't like the design. Have a nice one for my type set that I got from GSA in 1980.
5) Any of the 3 cent coins. The silver is so small, it hurts my eyes to look at it, and the 3 cent nickel is just imo, plain ugly.
6) Any half dime. They're so small, they hurt my eyes to look at them.
7) Never could get into Peace Dollars.
8) Any pre 1815 copper which is not in a PC OGH or older holder. I had an expensive one go bad in holder, was lucky to unload it, and am not going to risk that again.
Is there anyone I haven't offended?
Are you a stamp collector?
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Error coins. I have a very good friend who loves them, but I don't see the appeal. Admittedly he is a coin flipper, always looking to cherry pick and make a profit. I rarely sell anything, so that aspect is lost on me.
@csdot said:
Error coins. I have a very good friend who loves them, but I don't see the appeal. Admittedly he is a coin flipper, always looking to cherry pick and make a profit. I rarely sell anything, so that aspect is lost on me.
I've been doing just that with die varieties, mainly doubled dies, for nearly 60 years.
Well, I once said I'd never collect Classic Commems....... You all know how that worked out.
For now, here's the things that interest me not at all. It's a long list.
Proof coins of any kind. I'm not really into collecting things that were, in essence, made for collectors. I know they're beautiful and all that. I don't care. I own precisely two. One in a slab I bought for slab repair experiments and one silver ASE proof from when I graduated from High School. Two is more than enough...... unless you want to gift me a proof Peace dollar.
Morgans. The ugly big sister of the Peace dollar. I'll stick with the rambunctious young flapper, thank you much. (I do have a couple for type purposes).
Small dollars, again excepting a couple for type purposes.
Any quarters past the State Quarters.
Errors. They're mistakes.....
99% of modern mint stuff. I've tried, really I have. I eventually sell them all. They're so easy to replace, soooooo perfect, and they don't really have any soul to them. Boring.
Anything by die marriage. I'm casually interested in the manufacturing process and the sleuthing that goes on with that, but doing something like the CBH varieties or dollar VAMs would make me crazy.
Maybe there are others, but none come to mind at the moment.
I'm struck by the unpopularity of the Barber series. Given these statistics, which would you find more challenging and rewarding to collect, unpopular Barber Dimes or very popular Mercury Dimes? A date and mintmark Barber dimes set in PCGS MS65 with a total population 2596 coins for a cost of $165,300 or a date and mintmark Mercury dimes set in PCGS MS65FB with a total population of 52,166 coins for a cost of $227,942?
Gold. Overpriced, it's not actually rare, and most of the designs are bland and generic. I have exactly zero in my collection and expect it to stay that way. Would collect the St. Gaudens double eagle if I could but since it's overpriced, I won't.
I have little to no interest is ASEs. I want to collect things that actually did something, that made something happen. I do have two or three that I received as gifts, but the fact that I can't remember if it's two of three...or even where they are to go and check...is very telling.
Not a huge fan of the Barber or Morgan designs. I do collect the Barber dimes because they are accessible (read as cheap) where the quarters and halves I find too expensive for the design. If I'm going to spend money on something I want to enjoy it, and there's far more things I like better that I would rather buy. I do have some. I've bought exactly one Morgan in my life, but I inherited three of them. I can't say I won't aquire more, but they have to have a specific look that I like...I would never do a date/mintmark collection.
I have actually found that I enjoy the type set concept far more than date/mintmark. At this point I'm not really sure if I'll ever go back to that being the focus. I am really a collector of opportunity. I like being surprised by what I can locate, rather than hunting for something specifically. So I guess you could say that entire concept...even though I'll still fill in holes when something falls into my lap, so to speak.
Post 1948 designs such as the Jefferson nickel Roosvelt dime Washington quarter even though minted in 1932. The artistry of coin designers went out the window with such bland designs. The Franklin Half is passable although the obverse portrait is bland. Only Franklin I love is cameos.
Although I was gifted a presidential dollar book (with dollars through like 2011 included) I prolly won't go out of my way to collect them. I mean, they're cool and all, but they just aren't interesting.
Also a lot of the modern "for collectors" esc stuff like @Baley said
I was thinking and thinking until I read your post so I guess I'm a copy cat! It's a morbid world when people get into to collecting others mistakes!
@csdot said:
Error coins. I have a very good friend who loves them, but I don't see the appeal. Admittedly he is a coin flipper, always looking to cherry pick and make a profit. I rarely sell anything, so that aspect is lost on me.
@coinkat said:
Never say never as interests, thoughts, opinions and taste can change over time
Agree! I used to hate large cents as they were generally decrepit and nasty looking. But when building my 7070 and being forced to learn about them and search out nice examples, I really came to appreciate them and am now an avid collector.
Never liked the Barber series except for type, until I met Mike Hayes (rip) and got involved with the other Barber nuts on the forum and their perpetual thread(s). I wound up building mid grade sets of all three, and had a blast doing it, especially the quarters, back when you could still find them in the wild.
As for coins I’ll never collect even for type; anything modern past the SBA, as that’s where my 7070 ends.
@DisneyFan said:
I'm struck by the unpopularity of the Barber series. Given these statistics, which would you find more challenging and rewarding to collect, unpopular Barber Dimes or very popular Mercury Dimes? A date and mintmark Barber dimes set in PCGS MS65 with a total population 2596 coins for a cost of $165,300 or a date and mintmark Mercury dimes set in PCGS MS65FB with a total population of 52,166 coins for a cost of $227,942?
Neither, as I consider the Mercury dime too common and the Barber dime unattractive to spend anywhere near that money even if I had the budget for it.
The Barber dime is a lot more difficult to complete, but difficult is relative. In MS-65 with or without the FB, the Mercury set can likely be bought in one day or if a few aren't available, a few months at most. The Barber set in MS-65? I haven't looked but the only one I'd expect might be hard to find "nice" right now is the 1895-O. It's a legitimately scarce coin in "high quality". On the other hand, I have never failed to find a choice MS 1901-S Barber quarter when looking. Collectors Corner had three listed earlier this week in MS-65 to MS-67.
Never say never as interests, thoughts, opinions and taste can change over time
I doubt that I'll ever start collecting the aforementioned Barber coinage. To that series I'll add Morgans, Presidential dollars and Liberty Head gold of any series.
I've never been attracted to modern issues... post 1965. I have a few in my Type Set, but I'd never consider a run of Kennedy Half Dollars, SBA dollars, or State Quarters...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
@Sonorandesertrat said:
After reading words like 'off putting' and 'crap' in conjunction with coppers, I am stunned.
Heretics!
I wish more collectors hated early copper so the prices would come down. For me, there is nothing more intriguing (other than a beautiful women passing by ) than early copper with nice planchets with unmessed with surfaces.
Seated Half Society member #38 "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I wish more collectors hated early copper so the prices would come down. For me, there is nothing more intriguing (other than a beautiful women passing by ) than early copper with nice planchets with unmessed with surfaces.
Agreed, but don’t expect this to happen anytime soon.
There were multiple guys hunting dates and varieties at the Lakeland show yesterday, and there was very little to choose from on the bourse of 40+ dealers. And a number of these were bigger out of state dealers in town ahead of FUN. Corroded low grade stuff was readily available, but not much nice, even among the late dates.
I have decided to avoid "golden-toned Peace dollars". Recent posts here have created a maelstrom of attention and I anticipate further price increases. I suspect (a la pump and dump) a big promotion is going on.
Previously? - Two cent pieces; all the boredom of the shield nickel design with much less of that distracting reflectivity
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
@ColonelJessup said:
I have decided to avoid "golden-toned Peace dollars". Recent posts here have created a maelstrom of attention lately. I suspect a promotion
Odd. I have recently decided to avoid Peace toned golden dollars.
@Crypto said:
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
I've collected and sold a number of series. Won't do that again. So no series of any kind. Type only across a very broad range, but nothing newer than 2000, with a very few exceptions. When I say a broad range of type, I recently bought a nice seated SS Republic 50c as a shipwreck example, and a beautifully toned Morgan as an example of mint bag toning. Might buy some examples of types of errors next. I sort of pretend like I'm giving a class, as in "here's an example of..."
@Hydrant said:
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.
You are a Shield Nickel bully!
@Crypto said:
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
3 Cent CN are another great series that I stand behind.
@WCC said:
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.
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I can take or leave Barbers...but......as far as being radish.....no.....never......I started my EMPIRE growing radishes. Little kid. Took them door to door on weekends in town. 25¢ a bag.......And......"Mow your lawn for a dime lady!" I have
good memories of the radish! Plus.....how can anybody eat a taco with sauce without a radish!?!?!?!? Radish....MUY BUENO!
Here's something to offend everyone:
1) All US gold. Don't like any of the designs. The only coins I have are those my grandmother hid from the Feds in 1933, and I consider them family heirlooms, not numismatic items.
2) Any series which began after the Walking Liberty Half ceased production. No interest in any of them.
3) Washington Quarters. Found a 1932 S in VG 10 over 50 years ago in change. That's enough.
4) Morgans. Don't like the design. Have a nice one for my type set that I got from GSA in 1980.
5) Any of the 3 cent coins. The silver is so small, it hurts my eyes to look at it, and the 3 cent nickel is just imo, plain ugly.
6) Any half dime. They're so small, they hurt my eyes to look at them.
7) Never could get into Peace Dollars.
8) Any pre 1815 copper which is not in a PC OGH or older holder. I had an expensive one go bad in holder, was lucky to unload it, and am not going to risk that again.
Is there anyone I haven't offended?
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Sr. Hydrant,
No me gusta rábanos tampoco.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Me.
I collect world coins.
@Hydrant .... No problem... many people enjoyed collecting those sets... Just not for me. Cheers, RickO
@Elcontador said:
Is there anyone I haven't offended?
I'm not sure. I have a hankering for gold, but never got serious (maybe 20 coins). Most of my pre-1815 (?) coppers are raw, removed from slabs.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Are you a stamp collector?
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
Error coins. I have a very good friend who loves them, but I don't see the appeal. Admittedly he is a coin flipper, always looking to cherry pick and make a profit. I rarely sell anything, so that aspect is lost on me.
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Double Eagles. Could not afford one if I wanted to.
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I've been doing just that with die varieties, mainly doubled dies, for nearly 60 years.
I am not interested in collecting any coin that does not contain silver or gold.
Any non-silver coin that I ever wanted, and could afford, I already own.
Kennedy half dollars, Susan b Anthony dollars, clad post 1965 modern, common date Lincoln’s and Ik dollars.
Basically all modern non silver coins.
Early coppers too pricey and but silver silver silver 😎I like
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Well, I once said I'd never collect Classic Commems....... You all know how that worked out.
For now, here's the things that interest me not at all. It's a long list.
Maybe there are others, but none come to mind at the moment.
I'm struck by the unpopularity of the Barber series. Given these statistics, which would you find more challenging and rewarding to collect, unpopular Barber Dimes or very popular Mercury Dimes? A date and mintmark Barber dimes set in PCGS MS65 with a total population 2596 coins for a cost of $165,300 or a date and mintmark Mercury dimes set in PCGS MS65FB with a total population of 52,166 coins for a cost of $227,942?
Gold. Overpriced, it's not actually rare, and most of the designs are bland and generic. I have exactly zero in my collection and expect it to stay that way. Would collect the St. Gaudens double eagle if I could but since it's overpriced, I won't.
I have little to no interest is ASEs. I want to collect things that actually did something, that made something happen. I do have two or three that I received as gifts, but the fact that I can't remember if it's two of three...or even where they are to go and check...is very telling.
Not a huge fan of the Barber or Morgan designs. I do collect the Barber dimes because they are accessible (read as cheap) where the quarters and halves I find too expensive for the design. If I'm going to spend money on something I want to enjoy it, and there's far more things I like better that I would rather buy. I do have some. I've bought exactly one Morgan in my life, but I inherited three of them. I can't say I won't aquire more, but they have to have a specific look that I like...I would never do a date/mintmark collection.
I have actually found that I enjoy the type set concept far more than date/mintmark. At this point I'm not really sure if I'll ever go back to that being the focus. I am really a collector of opportunity. I like being surprised by what I can locate, rather than hunting for something specifically. So I guess you could say that entire concept...even though I'll still fill in holes when something falls into my lap, so to speak.
In my case, it was "none and done"...
Not a special series but anything toned, yuck. It's damage, the equivalent of rust. Actually is rust on 1943 cent.
Post 64. Nothing intrigues me in the least, barring errors which are at least interesting and mostly available for face value.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
Statehood quarters.
Post 1948 designs such as the Jefferson nickel Roosvelt dime Washington quarter even though minted in 1932. The artistry of coin designers went out the window with such bland designs. The Franklin Half is passable although the obverse portrait is bland. Only Franklin I love is cameos.
Although I was gifted a presidential dollar book (with dollars through like 2011 included) I prolly won't go out of my way to collect them. I mean, they're cool and all, but they just aren't interesting.
Also a lot of the modern "for collectors" esc stuff like @Baley said
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Morgans and Kennedys (along with moderns 1999 -)
I was thinking and thinking until I read your post so I guess I'm a copy cat!
It's a morbid world when people get into to collecting others mistakes! 
Never say never as interests, thoughts, opinions and taste can change over time
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Agree! I used to hate large cents as they were generally decrepit and nasty looking. But when building my 7070 and being forced to learn about them and search out nice examples, I really came to appreciate them and am now an avid collector.
Never liked the Barber series except for type, until I met Mike Hayes (rip) and got involved with the other Barber nuts on the forum and their perpetual thread(s). I wound up building mid grade sets of all three, and had a blast doing it, especially the quarters, back when you could still find them in the wild.
As for coins I’ll never collect even for type; anything modern past the SBA, as that’s where my 7070 ends.
Neither, as I consider the Mercury dime too common and the Barber dime unattractive to spend anywhere near that money even if I had the budget for it.
The Barber dime is a lot more difficult to complete, but difficult is relative. In MS-65 with or without the FB, the Mercury set can likely be bought in one day or if a few aren't available, a few months at most. The Barber set in MS-65? I haven't looked but the only one I'd expect might be hard to find "nice" right now is the 1895-O. It's a legitimately scarce coin in "high quality". On the other hand, I have never failed to find a choice MS 1901-S Barber quarter when looking. Collectors Corner had three listed earlier this week in MS-65 to MS-67.
I doub> @coinkat said:
I doubt that I'll ever start collecting the aforementioned Barber coinage. To that series I'll add Morgans, Presidential dollars and Liberty Head gold of any series.
I've never been attracted to modern issues... post 1965. I have a few in my Type Set, but I'd never consider a run of Kennedy Half Dollars, SBA dollars, or State Quarters...
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I wish more collectors hated early copper so the prices would come down. For me, there is nothing more intriguing (other than a beautiful women passing by
) than early copper with nice planchets with unmessed with surfaces.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Agreed, but don’t expect this to happen anytime soon.
There were multiple guys hunting dates and varieties at the Lakeland show yesterday, and there was very little to choose from on the bourse of 40+ dealers. And a number of these were bigger out of state dealers in town ahead of FUN. Corroded low grade stuff was readily available, but not much nice, even among the late dates.
NCLT
I have decided to avoid "golden-toned Peace dollars". Recent posts here have created a maelstrom of attention and I anticipate further price increases. I suspect (a la pump and dump) a big promotion is going on.
Previously? - Two cent pieces; all the boredom of the shield nickel design with much less of that distracting reflectivity
Odd. I have recently decided to avoid Peace toned golden dollars.
peacockcoins
I don't collect anything Barber. Franklins are ugly. And I don't collect it if it is circulating still.
Morgans
Latin American Collection
3¢ nickels
- Jim
Trickles! I’d never heard them called that!
witty quote goes here
I've collected and sold a number of series. Won't do that again. So no series of any kind. Type only across a very broad range, but nothing newer than 2000, with a very few exceptions. When I say a broad range of type, I recently bought a nice seated SS Republic 50c as a shipwreck example, and a beautifully toned Morgan as an example of mint bag toning. Might buy some examples of types of errors next. I sort of pretend like I'm giving a class, as in "here's an example of..."
Jefferson nickels and Roosevelt dimes.
You are a Shield Nickel bully!
3 Cent CN are another great series that I stand behind.
Are you a communist?
Really? I think history is cool.
Are you one of ricko's minions?
Good thing you threw in "and could afford"...Yikes!
I think I understand: you are not interested in collecting any coin that does not contain silver, BUT you've already collected them?
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Perhaps not. Maybe just an alter-ego.
Gobrecht dollar! Can't afford them!
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