I no longer even notice when I come across listings for "commerative" coins, because I think that misspelling is nearly as common as the correct spelling at this point. But this one made me laugh: 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Commiserative Dollars - Proof Silver - 1983 S, 1984 S Yes, I share the pain of anyone trying to sell these, too.
Never really got into commemorative coins, but ironically I sold the only one I had yesterday. Same one as OP except PCGS graded. It was a sharp looking coin. I'm surprised they aren't more popular.
I'm don't have a lot of commemmoratives either, just the 1952 Washington-Carver half dollar and 1893 Columbus half dollar. Would like to get a Mount Rushmore set though.
I like it I am in no way able to explain or describe the coin or commemorative above but I like it and wouldn't mind having it
I'm not because everything cannot be more popular simultaneously, in the sense that it is worth more or a lot more since someone always has to own it until it gets melted or lost. To that, you can add that the mintages are usually larger or much larger than the actual collector base even as most of these coins have absolutely no claim to distinction whatsoever. The US Mint puts out one or more of these every year and has since at least 1986. Decades from now, I expect most of them to be mostly forgotten, lost in obscurity right where they belong. They will be lost in obscurity because the ever increasing size and cost of the series will make it unaffordable to the majority of the target collector base while other collectors will mostly prefer to buy something else better, just as they do now. A few of them will be popular as now but almost certainly nothing more.
I like the modern commemoratives. I picked up three high quality halves today at least to me, were at rock bottom prices. The upcharge on them in my LCS's makes me stay away from them. In recent times I've ordered from the mint. And I only pick up issues that I can get for lower than $20. The 96 Olympic halves not withstanding. Some of those modern halves command high premiums, and they sell.
That looks like a reasonable listing to me and if I had the money, I'd buy it. I like the coliseum coin!
I don't disagree with any of the above comments, but I do think that if you could get a copy of "The Numismatist", from 1935, you'd find very similar comments that World Colonial has posted ("they will be lost in obscurity"). Most of what we consider "classic" Commiseratives, weren't very popular when they were new (ie. Oregon Trail). Jack
