What kinds of coins are you not interested in?

My negative coin doctrine:


- Non-silver

- Non-gov't issued

- Different years of same design types (some exceptions, such as a '64 and 69 Kennedy's which have different Ag compositions) - I need visual breaks to make the hobby more interesting

- Same design, different size - I just get the biggest one... very similar to the above; some exceptions such as the 1973 vs 1979 France Hercules coins which are very similar in design but are of different diameters (and denominations, but meh)

- MS if and only if a PRooF version is unavailable and it's not ridiculously expensive - I prefer deep cameo on proofs

- MS/PRooF-70 unless it's "cheap" in absolute terms - I get just as much appreciation out of an MS/PRooF-69

- Many but not all moderns - there's too much negative space with too many minimalist design features; some exceptions would be the 2001 Buffalo Proof Commemorative Dollar and the 2006 Ben Franklin Scientist Commemorative Dollar (I like the execution of the reverse design for the most part); there are many nice modern world coins, too

- "Bad" designs - similar to the above, on a coin-to-coin basis

- "Tiny" coins, typically less than US nickel diameter, some exceptions given such as for ancient coins

- Non-high(er) grade, and/or problem coins - probably anything XF-ish or below, unless they're extremely rare or expensive for MS grade (e.g. 1776 8 Reales Mexico City Mint)

- OGP & COA - These aren't exactly coins but it's still relevant in terms of what I won't collect; there are probably exceptions but for most coins that come wtih an OGP and COA, they're for modern coins and the packaging is not that great at all while wasting space

 

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Ancients and in most cases, world coins, although i do appreciate the artwork/design of some world coins... Just doesn't interest me much.

 

1. Modern commems.
2. Bullion coins.
3. Errors.
4. Most world coins.
5. Condition rarities.

I think I'll stop there. There are some exceptions in a few of those categories, but not many.

 

Much like others here. Don't like moderns much, as they are not much of a challenge, nor are they interesting designs. Only have value if bought from the mint in high grade, and the mint multiplies the need with all sorts of weird issues. Most don't even have intrinsic precious metal value.
Not interested in ancients because it seems such an overwhelmingly large set.
My favorites are American old copper, and big silver.

 

All coins interest me, but I'm really only interested in collecting pre-1964 US coinage. VAMs, error varieties, I can take or leave.

 

Chinese cash coins. They do zip for me.

 

Mexican coins. Most foreign moderns.

 

Clad proof sets.

 

My interest is in all coins,however that said pennies or cents, copper coinage even though I do have some ! I could sell them off with out feeling a void. I gave up a long time ago trying to fill a album or set. It's not that I haven't done so it's just to boring to me. I enjoy variety collecting . I also prefer smaller coins, half dimes, three cent pieces , dimes,and of course nickels.
Quarters have never done anything for me. Maybe it's their design and the fact it needs to change.
I do appreciate type coinage ,and but again I look for the variety . I do like some modern bullion coins ,and do collect a few but not to obtain a set,but just because I like them.
I like some world coins but not into collecting as others do.
I guess I really enjoy having a little of this and that...just to say I have one or some.
I am working on a type set but again it's not my focus.
I have some notes, nothing to speak of, just some again to say hay I have one.
I will say this it a coin has eye appeal and it strikes my fancy I will buy it no matter what it is.
As should I get bored with it ,then it's sold.

 

I sure enjoy all my moderns and don't mind the large paper profits at all. But truth to tell the second best thing about the hobby for me is working on my quarter and dime collections of coins from circulation. I have to keep my coins in safety deposit boxes because they are too dangerous to keep at home but the circulation collections have relatively little value so I can always get them out to look, study, or workon them.

Of course the best thing about the hobby is all the people you meet and with whom you share an interest at shops, shows, and on the net.

 

I love all coins and have collected every single US series at one time or another except for the gold. I'd have collected the gold as well but didn't have the money to do it. Now I collect everything except pre-1965 US coins but only dabble in ancients. The market for US coins isn't as secure as I'd like so I try not to get interested in any of the older series. I'm not yet convinced there will be enough new collectors to support these markets at their current levels. There are millions of newbies but where they head is anyone's guess.

 

I'm interested in learning about everything. That doesn't mean I will collect anything more than Barber half dollars, or 90% etc. It just means I am willing to learn.

 

1. Morgans. I think it's the ugliest American coin. Sorry to those of you that collect them, they just do nothing for me.
2. State Park Quarters. Enough said.
3. Mint State coins. I want a coin with a history, and that history needs to be something other than, "I sat in a bag on a shelf for a century."
4. Ancient Greek coins. Other than owning an Athenian Owl just to own one, I have no interest in Ancient Greece.
5. Byzantine coins. Sorry, they just don't do it for me.

 

Slabs, people actually collect the stupid things for the slab not the coin!

 

That's blasphemy

Blasphemy be gone!

What sorcery is that? Who doesn't love bronze? Especially ancient bronze!

Repent of your US-centric ways and embrace the foreign and ancient



Especially the exotic ancient! Long live Parthia!



And just to make my point clear, I'll leave one more bit of eye candy on this post.

 

• Errors
• Post-1964 US (although I have some in my 19th & 20th century type set)
• Small coins (have a few, but generally avoid coins smaller than a quarter or a shilling)
• Date sets (one of something is usually enough for me)

I could list others, but those are the main ones.

 

Errors/varieties/die cracks. I don't like coins old enough to look crude, so probably sometime before the 1700s I'd cut myself off. I'm also not interested in the finer details of how coins are made - I collect them as a historical object and am not interested in the mint process. And something I don't think anyone else has said is that I'm not interested in grading coins. I don't like big dents, scratches or holes, but otherwise I don't care that much and I've never tried to learn grading and have no interest in doing so.

 

Greatest post ever...

As for me, I like them all, but I have no interest in any "error" that requires an electron microscope to see.

 

I love half dollars the most because they are big coins, but I did specifically purchase one coin because it was the smallest diameter coin minted in the US: the Panama Pill.

 

While I am "interested in" many different kinds of coins, I do not actively collect most of them. For example, I am likely to enjoy a well done exhibition of ancient or medieval coins, or Sallent's post above , but I would not spend money on any of them. I primarily buy modern (past 50 years or so) coins from Western/Central Europe and the US. Simply put, your junk is my delight.

Christian