Yeah, I know I've said it a thousand times before but the fact is most of the coins made after 1964 are much scarcer than the older coins and they...
What you say is very very true but it's also very very misleading. The reason these sets drop to nothing is that they are produced in enormous...
You might get to 6,000 a whole lot faster than you got to 3000. :cigar:
Quite true. A few are avidly sought but even major varieties are usually ignored. They get my interest when they are easily spotted and...
Is the rounded 9 a little less common?
A better question might be why are the coins in the later mint sets worth far more than the mint set. when you understand the answer to this...
2,973 to go! ;)
I wager it's still possible to put together a nice VF- set of these. I guess I'll start a brand new set immediately. The set I started in 1996...
Most people aren't aware of this but in 1999 the thickness of the quarter was reduced 1%. I believe they did this because the older quarters were...
I've always found many dates of clad quarters to be fascinating and the 1973 is one of the most fascinating. These were released over a very...
I know I can't make everyone (or anyone) a lover of moderns and that's never my point. Nor is my point to chastise anyone who doesn't like them....
Don't you mean "raises handS in embarrassment"? :nailbiting:
Perhaps it's mostly just crossed wires here. Perhaps I'm overly sensitive to blanket statements about moderns and just about any other taxonomy...
You certainly have talked into trying it.
You're tarring all moderns with the claim that they are common. They made over 5 million 1827 half dollars. Large numbers sat in vaults for many...
Hundreds of billions of moderns survive. Yes, they are very common. But billions of classics survive too. These facts are simply irrelevant to...
Every once in a while you'll see them delaminate.
...And there it is. "All moderns are common" as explained by someone who owns no moderns and couldn't spot one without a date on it.
I should add that it's not as simple as just keeping them wet and there must be something left on the coin when this happens.
Proof sets have proven relatively stable so far. Pennies are often ruined but other coins for the main part are OK. They may or may not prove...
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