Moderns
mrearlygold
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As you all know, I've never taken part in modern "bashing". And I think you can safetly say that my inventory doesn't fall in the realm of modern by any stretch of the imagination . However, I like some of those moderns. The 1995 Civil War Commems, the Contitution and Bill of Rights sets.
For the record I like em. That's all I wanted to say
For the record I like em. That's all I wanted to say
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
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.....you are officially outed!
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
....keep in mind. the old coins of yesteryear were once modern too!!
<< <i>(almost exclusively because of prices that are too high), >>
Some of those "common" coin sets aren't.
and new are really relative terms. A very wise man once said that "time don't fly, it
bounds and leaps". (he's performing in Joliet Thursday by the way) One day we're
young and the next we aren't. One day a 1965 quarter is brand new debased junk
and after we blink it's 45 year old debased junk. And when everyone's busy blinking
they are too preoccupied to save any of them.
When you get down to it everything is relative and everything is perspective. When
I came to this site ancient coins seemed impossibly old. It was a wonder that anything
at all could have survived from so long ago. It seemed that there wasn't much of interest
that occurred before the advent of coins. Yes, there was a lot known about some places
and times before coins but they held little interest for me. Then I discovered ancient E-
gypt; you know, the guys who made the great pyramids. Now this was a long time ago
and effectively before recorded history because no records so old survive. This was just
after the invention of writing anyway.
Now days a 2500 year old coin seems down right brand new. A 250 year old colonial is
ultramodern. The Egyptians somehow managed to live and die and build a 6 1/2 million
ton pile of stone in between without coins. (ironically they had plenty of nummolites).
Somehow an arbitrary date at which coins become acceptable to collect seems increasing-
ly absurd to me. Even the concept that numismatics is a necessary activity seems some-
thing of a stretch. Increasingly it seems that collecting is mostly an enjoyable passtime
for many individuals and the goal is the enjoyment. As in everything it's wise to pay att-
ention. You'll have more fun if you just enjoy the ride.
Man fears time and time fears the pyramids.
Thank you for yet another excellent post. Time may fear them, but even the pyramids were modern once. Perhaps it is the Sphinx himself, who somewhere bifurcates the time continuum just for coin collectors, but I think Sisyphus is the more likely culprit.
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<< <i>(almost exclusively because of prices that are too high), >>
Some of those "common" coin sets aren't. >>
It has been my experience that the over pricing has not been for the intact coin sets in their original mint holders. I put together a set of all of the modern commemorative coins that came in wooden boxes mostly prices at the Gray Sheet level some years ago. Most of the excessively high prices have been for single coins with very high grades assigned to them. Most modern commemorative coins are in high grade and don’t usually sell extremely high prices that exceed those listed in the price guides. The questionable price levels have most often been seen for Mint State pieces.