What kinds of coins are you not interested in?

Any coins that I grew up with.

Any coins that was made yesterday. I don't care even if it is graded PR/MS99 by TPG.

Any foreign coins.

 

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I believe collect what you enjoy and not be concerned about what others collect

 

I thought people would pick on the sarcastic nature of the post with the shouts of "blasphemy, blasphemy be gone" and "Long live Parthia".

I don't really care what anyone else collects, it was just a good opportunity to share some of my coins with the forum and hopefully get some people thinking about Ancients too.

 

I'm another convert to the ancients and for those who may be a little overwhelmed but are interested, just pop on down to the Ancients section, take a look at some of the coins and ask questions. It's actually pretty easy to get started and there is a lot of good information freely available on the internet. You never know, you may get inspired!

And of course no matter what, spend your money on the coins - whatever they may be - that YOU like!

 

I don't like most modern coins...Ikes, state quarters, small dollars, Kennedy halves, etc. They just don't do anything for me. To each his own though. I never criticize anyone's collecting choice.

Bruce

 

Zincolns with bubbles that have popped. They will rot.

 

I don't care for Nazi coins - found some pfennig or something from the Nazi era in a roll search once. Gave me the creeps.

 

Yeah I make exceptions to US coins, too. All dimes, 3-cent piece, half dimes, etc. are good. I'll probably get one of those Panama Pill coins now that you mention it.

 

I've been thinking about it since this thread first posted, and try as I may, when it boils down to it I don't have a qualified answer to the question.

 

Barber and Morgan coins. They just don't do it.

Most coins post-1950. Not a whole lot of history, and mintages are so high that they almost seem like a commodity to me.

 

How can a 1969 quarter not have a lot of history? Neil Armstrong might have set in in his locker before his flight to the moon. It might have been used for any number of things for nearly half a century. The average surviving 1965 quarter has been used over 1000 times in its mad dash to become worn out.

Mintages mean nothing because everyone hates clads and they were not saved.

 

I don't collect coins from the DPRK.

 

That's right. Nice clad coins are incredibly hard to find, especially toners. Even if they're out there, your typical dealer at a smaller show won't carry (many of) them. Ikes and Kennedys are somewhat of an exception as these can be found, but the truly nice pieces are still elusive on the bourse.

 

It's curious that people think the large mintages mean all the coins are common but in reality if there were a market for them there are barely enough to fill the pipeline.

 

What year would you consider to be the most surprisingly difficult clad quarter to find in Mint State 64+?

 

I know that a lot of you mentioned your dislike of moderns (me too for the most part), but any exceptions? Maybe these two below? Maybe not?

I only like the reverse of the 2006 Franklin Scientist Commemorative, and the large negative space on the fields actually enhances the central image well, IMHO; though the words there seem a little too spread out. The Scientist theme doesn't really fit the theme of the reverse, so that's strange to me.

The 2001 Buffalo commemorative looks nice, but maybe you all don't like it since it's "unoriginal" (?).

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I would guess 1982 or 1983. No mint sets were issued that year, so fewer probably got saved before they got circulated.

 

Anything from the presidential coinage era especially non silver. And modern bullion coins. I have none I'd rather just have bars of silver or gold. But I really start losing interest post seated Liberty. Once the second date digit has a 9 not an 8 I'm lukewarm. And post 1857 copper doesn't do much for me neither does non us coinage

 

Certainly the '82-P and '83-P are contenders. But many people assume these are tougher so won't be surprised. The '83-P is tough because most have excessive marking and the '82-P because they are poorly made. But most people probably don't realize the '82-P is often in only AU and really nice coins are evenb tougher than they appear. For this reason I'd go with the '69 as the most surprising because they do come in mint sets and are typically ugly. The '82-P is second probably. The '83-D is nearly as tough as the '83-P so would be 4th. The '71 is another that is much less available than people realize in nice attractive BU condition. MS-63's are common enough but MS-64+ not as much.

They made countless millions of these coins but nobody cared and they went into circulation. Nearly half of the '69's no longer exist at all and the rest are worn. About a third of the survivors are worn and damaged. Almost all Unc examples are in mint sets but few of these survive after so many years and most are junky and/ or tarnished.

 

Interesting. Is there a source for this or is this just from observing the coin market?

It's called toning!

Just kidding.