What is the most awful thing the US Mint has produced?
adamlaneus
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The possibilities are too broad for a poll. It's an open ended question.
My vote:
Why? How did this start? I do not understand.
My vote:
Why? How did this start? I do not understand.
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Simple, they started at the same place that these guys started.
Folks have been collecting collector spoons for a long, long time and it only stands to reason that the US Mint would want part of that action. Just like those Prosperity Sets which certain cultures collect.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing do it as well!
The name is LEE!
I guess we should be gratefull they don't sell coin rings huh?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Folks have been collecting collector spoons for a long, long time >>
I did not know this. A simple google search shows me collector spoons.
I still do not understand how collecting spoons started. It seems sublime and bizarre to me. There is a history I am missing here.
I guess if you collect cutlery, the spoon is the least sharp and threatening.
I'm not certain I would feel comfortable in a B+M store with a bunch of collectors waving knives around.
[edit] Toe rings did you say?
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<< <i>Folks have been collecting collector spoons for a long, long time >>
I did not know this. A simple google search shows me collector spoons.
I still do not understand how collecting spoons started. It seems sublime and bizarre to me. There is a history I am missing here.
I guess if you collect cutlery, the spoon is the least sharp and threatening.
I'm not certain I would feel comfortable in a B+M store with a bunch of collectors waving knives around.
[edit] Toe rings did you say? >>
Still........laughing...............<breathe>.......................<breathe>.............
There.
I remember collector spoons from the late 50's. I used to collect bells. Everytime the family went somewhere, we'd buy a bell. We turned into a bunch a ding-a-lings!
The name is LEE!
7 years of bad luck
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I bought a bunch before I figured out that the design was completely missing. I was expecting an X, or something, crossing out the design. Instead I got a bunch of worthless steel!
I never looked closely enough at the quarter and die sets.
They have ground the design out of the die completely and each set contains essentially a featureless hardened steel slug.
That's crazy.
Yep, the SBA is an interesting tidbit too. I especially like how they had to mint it in 1999. Government miscommunication enshrined in metal.
And yet, I can still appreciate the SBAs somewhat when I compare it with spoons and hardened steel slugs. I do like the fact that the reverse design is sort of like a mini-Ike. That is cool.
Yep, Kennedy Halves. The coin that they forgot to stop making.
Good suggestions so far.
In addition to the spoons these two come to mind:
The Mint entered a new era of packaging with the Edison Commerative, the little bulb that lights with watch size battery included.
The Lewis and Clark Pouchs were one type of marketing ploy that made the packaging/accessory of greater importance than the coin.
<< <i>The Mint entered a new era of packaging with the Edison Commerative, the little bulb that lights with watch size battery included. >>
At least the light bulb is in the packaging and not in the coin, like the Officially Licensed Corvette Dollars from Palau!
dead president coinage that has been flat since the 1970's
SBA
P-dollars/chuck-e-cheese tokens
2009 Sac, before this date I believe that the SAC is one this the best modern (for circulation) coins in the since the Franklin half.
...and others previously listed on this thread
Ren
full of silver spoons. They are from places her grandparents and her great aunt and uncle visited
all over the world. Her great uncle was a bank president and he took a months-long safari through
Africa back in the 1930's when it was actually dangerous and when only bank presidents could do it.
They brought back silver spoons from everywhere they went.
I'll bet the value of her silver spoons rivals the value of my coin collection. She has extra insurance
on them.
This display is about 2 inches deep, has a glass top, and completely covers the coffee table in our
living room.
So my wife loves it when I get her a handful of state spoons every year for Christmas. They're not
silver, but they do have some historic significance that makes them appropriate for her collection.
Some of the state quarter spoons are quite rare. Try finding the North Carolina spoon. It's the only
one missing from our collection. It sells for about $700 when you can even find it.
spoon is also quite expensive, but easier to find.
Saying the spoons are an awful product is sorta like saying Morgans are ugly, or Barbers are ugly,
or modern commemoratives are a waste. (All statements I happen to agree with.) It's all a matter
of taste. I think it's cool that the mint reaches out to people who aren't coin geeks with products
they might like.
The local B&M's around here all carry (at least a few, and sometimes many) collectible silver spoons
along with coins. Seems like there might be more crossover than you'd expect.
Thanks,
Mark
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Plated zinc cents.
GORGEOUS!
The best thing????? The Doublemint twins!
The Beatles
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7 years of bad luck >>
Do you own this bag of 2001 Mixed P & D Kennedy's? Is it still unopened? The reason I am asking is because the bag I purchased from the Mint in 2004 contained one missing the clad layer on the reverse. To my knowledge, there has only been one other found that came from one of these bags.
Chris
The thing was too close to the size of a quarter, which caused people to get confused, and it was ugly and PC. AND like all of the other dollar coin experiments, it failed.
<< <i>Nobody mentioned one of these?
UGH! That is the first time I've actually seen a picture of that coin. Ranks right up there with SBA and Shiver.
(which filters out error planchets!)
Sounds like the bad guy in the next “Coinman” movie.
tracking shot. Coinmobile leaving Coincave at high speed. fx. vfx red/blue/black.
[The Riddler chortled as he watched the Coinmobile leave the Coincave in response to a call for help. Little did Coinman know that it was The Riddler who sent the distress call, not Mayor Dix. Coinman, as usual, was deceived by The Riddler. The message that Mayor Dix' daughter, Disme, had been kidnapped and was about to be blown to shreds, was a ruse to get Coinman into The Riddler's evil trap.]
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Hey, These are Perfect for Halloween "Trick-r-Treaters"
...........the SBA as a coin......................the edge lettering process as the worst blunder.
Now, how can I complete my collection.
Is PCGS going to start grading these and start a new registry set on this great mint product?
NOT !!!
Gardnerville, NV
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