Do you dislike any particular coin series?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by CoinBlazer, Dec 9, 2018.

  1. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Morgan Dollars.
    Ugliest depiction of Lady Liberty and the eagle on the reverse IMO.
    :vomit::vomit::vomit::vomit::vomit::vomit::vomit:
     
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  3. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I dislike almost all of our circulating modern commemorative quarters and many of the collectible commemoratives. They are mostly simplistic, cartoonish, low-relief designs, probably to reduce design / tooling / production costs.

    Let's have some more real coinage . . . give us some artistry and some relief!
     
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  4. Taurus57

    Taurus57 Active Member

    Yes, please!
     
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  5. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Lots of coins I don't care for. I understand the economics of modern coins and low relief, but why can't they make collector coins in higher relief? While I hate dead president designs, the quarter is fairly decent looking when struck like they did in the silver era of higher relief. Wouldn't most collectors spend a few more dollars for high relief versions of proof coins?

    Of course I am with most people disagreeing with the OP. I find that design one of the best the US ever did. Too bad so scarce. Maybe someday, but there are SO MANY gorgeous ancients.........
     
  6. frankjg

    frankjg Well-Known Member

    I’m glad someone said it before I did. I don’t dislike Morgan’s as much as they bore me.
     
  7. Ima Dragon

    Ima Dragon Year of the Dragon

    I only began collecting in '76 after seeing friends Silver Rounds Hoard . Upon visiting a Coin store I discovered Seated Liberty coins and that was that . All versions of Lady Liberty are irresistible to me .
    IMO the Mint should have continued using her for our coinage and used Presidents , Famous Individuals & Historic Events to Commems .
    No Ugly coins were minted imo but $1.00 denomination never should have been Shrunk Down .
     
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  8. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I agree with that. A dollar size coin should be more successful in a traditional dollar size. As I recall though, folks didn’t exactly take to the Ike dollars either. Seems I remember hearing they were too heavy and bulky in modern trousers. I fear we will always be stuck with odd size dollar coins that never circulate.
     
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  9. CasualAg$

    CasualAg$ Corvid Minions Collecting

    There are very few coins I don’t care for but I agree with the OP. I wouldn’t be averse to owning one, however.

    Unlike most, I like the newer nickels but they should have kept the bison reverse.

    Nice.

    The latest version of Lady Liberty on the 225th Comm. is gorgeous, I think. I was ready to dislike it as PC nonsense but she is so well done and the face so attractive that the coin won me over.
     
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  10. coinquest1961

    coinquest1961 Well-Known Member

    I don't care for the shield nickel even tho it's replete with nice doubled dies and other varieties (and I'm into stuff like that.)

    And I wholeheartedly agree with this statement above-

    "Lots of coins I don't care for. I understand the economics of modern coins and low relief, but why can't they make collector coins in higher relief? While I hate dead president designs, the quarter is fairly decent looking when struck like they did in the silver era of higher relief. Wouldn't most collectors spend a few more dollars for high relief versions of proof coins?"
     
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  11. CoinBlazer

    CoinBlazer Numismatic Enthusiast

    Slightly rewording my original post.
    I do like the reverse, I love the outspread eagle wing concept.
    The obverse figurehead does not appeal to me
     
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  12. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Anything minted during or after the 90s. Also not a huge fan of barber coins, but appreciate their place in our history.
     
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  13. YoloBagels

    YoloBagels Well-Known Member

    The only decent modern design IMO is the reverse of the 2000 sac dollar SAC.jpg
     
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  14. SilverDollar2017

    SilverDollar2017 Morgan dollars

    Not really a fan of the modern commemoratives and Zincolns.

    :eek: :banghead:

    Nah, just kidding, I know many aren't Morgan fans here. ;)
     
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  15. BoonTheGoon

    BoonTheGoon Grade A mad lad

    I hate the new quarter series, both state and america the beutiful, they make new designs unexciting I wish instead that they would just have perhaps 1 or 2 set quarter designs they used for the next 60 years. But knowing the US mint they are going to come up with another stupid series like idk best state toasters.
     
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  16. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    I fully expect to be burned at the stake for my opinion ;)
     
  17. YoloBagels

    YoloBagels Well-Known Member

    I think the problem with the ike dollar was that many people didn't understand it. Too much time had passed between the last minting of a dollar coin, and the stigma was "This coin is special. Try not to spend it" although that certainly wasn't the case. Alot like the small dollars and $2 bills we see today.
    Not to mention that the design was pretty ugly. Ike isn't very handsome in coin form, and the obv fields are too big. At least with the morgan and peace dollars the engraver tried to use as much space as he had.
    Then the reverse plays into the circumstance that recycled designs are flat out boring.
    Yes, the eagle and earth in the background is nice, but is it original at all? Did anyone take the talent and work to make something original? Nah, lets just copy that stuff from the apollo missions.
     
  18. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    I’m not going to burn you at the stake. Each to his own. Although the series is a mainstay of mine, Liberty does bear somewhat of a resemblance to a veteran NFL lineman.
     
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  19. Daniel Jones

    Daniel Jones Well-Known Member

    The ugliest U.S. coin design in my view is the shield nickel. Also is the matron head cent as a close second.
     
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  20. Ima Dragon

    Ima Dragon Year of the Dragon

    The Washington Quarter does have One of the finest Eagle reverses imo , so Proud looking .
     
  21. Ana Silverbell

    Ana Silverbell Well-Known Member

    Full disclosure: I am a Morgan dollar fan. That said, what about Lady Liberty on the Barber coin series? When I was a kid, I thought that was a dude on the obverse of the Barber coins. I didn't make that mistake with the Morgan dollar.

    However, I have to add that the Barber coins are not my least favorite U.S., coin. I am in a "group" of 1 who believes that the St. Gaudens double eagle is the least attractive as a U.S., coin. Reasons: Too much going on to fit on a coin. Lady Liberty's eyes look unnatural, ghostly; her arms and leg are too thick, and her arms look weak and awkward, ready to collapse. The design is very French, very continental, to the point it looks like a foreign coin. [I am going to regret this post.]
     
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