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What's a year/mm from one of your favorite series that you strongly dislike?
GoldenEyeNumismatics
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I love morgans, and hate the 1890-O and 1891-O. They are almost always dull and mushy
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Shouldn't exist....too much empathis on them
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
I don't really collect Liberty Nickels - I am sure there are those of you who possess vastly more insight into the series than I - are flat wreaths & stars typical for early 1900 coins?
~ Artist
>>>My Collection
In order to complete my set, I'll someday have to purchase one of these for a decent amount of money, but I doubt I'll think much of the coin.
However, all the other dates and mint-marks in the series are SWEET!
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Ed. S.
(EJS)
Edited to add: most late 50-mid 60 Jefferson's, might have well been struck through grease.
2. The brass gaming tokens called Presidential dollars.
1909 s vdb 1c
1932 d + s 25c
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
No matter the grade, it is one ugly coin...
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
K S
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
<< <i>1922 No D Die #2
No matter the grade, it is one ugly coin... >>
That's why it has no D
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<< <i>1922 No D Die #2
No matter the grade, it is one ugly coin... >>
That's why it has no D
Agree. The Denver mint didn't want anyone to think that they produced this POS. They wanted people to think they came from the Philadelphia mint.
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>41-S walker >>
DITTO! Clark, i find myself agreeing with you far too often. I gotta' have my head examined!
Just about all 1891-O quarter in grades below VF look awful. 1888-S's quarters are usually poorly struck and the liberty is weak even on high grade coins..1924-D Buffalo nickels--too many weak strikes.
The public and many collectors hoarded large numbers of them. This made them more
like an early 1960's nickel than a clad quarter and ruined any chance that typical uncs
would ever get much of a premium. Even though this was the winning bicentennial de-
sign I always preferred the eagle on the moon version and wanted it to win so it would
be on the quarter. The drummer boy design might have been more attractive if it struck
up well but it rarely did. The face looks gaunt and the drum is typically ill-defined. To add
insult to injury these coins never even circulated until quite recently. Through-out the '80's
and '90's only about 20% were circulating at any given time.
If all this weren't bad enough this coin attracted a lot of attention to clad quarters at the
"wrong" time. The attention died out after only a few years but it increased the savings
rate of the '74, '77, '78, 79 and '80 quarters. There was probably even a little lingering
effect on the '82 and '83 issues but this is a very tough call since there were many more
important factors with these.
Quality of the '76 issues was actually pretty good which also seemed to make them some-
thing of less importance to speculators. If quality is high then there is less interest in lo-
cating gems.
Over the years though a lot has changed. Most notably was my perspective. Anything that
draws attention to the quarters or makes them more interesting or collectible is good. You
can find some really choice gems if you look and it's been obvious that people aren't looking.
Gems are quite common only in the '76 mint set yet these have never shown any special pre-
mium or been the object of general interest. The incidence of gems in the sets has been sta-
tic over the years indicating that there hasn't been a rush by type collectors or others to seek
the coins.
Another little change for me was the discovery of the numerous reverse types in the '74 to '84
eagle reverse coins. While most of the varieties appear to have escaped being saved anyway,
the existence of more rolls for these dates does mean a few more of the varieties exist in unc
condition.
Now that they are even circulating they might even become one of my favorites.
The 1925-S Buffalo nickel. They almost always look like crap with mushy strikes and ugly toning. And to top it off, mint state examples are quite rare so if you want one of these ugly pieces in decent condition, you'll have to pay a small fortune for it.