Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4601165, member: 51347&quot;]My sentiments exactly.&nbsp; It is a marketing brainwash, and they all drink the Kool-Aid.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been in Manufacturing for 40 years.&nbsp; Machine made ANYTHING will have numerous &quot;cool&quot; mistakes.&nbsp; Most of which get scrapped, so that we have no complaints from our consumers.&nbsp; Modern coin errors, etc. are kinda a joke to me.&nbsp; Those errors are a non-event in my eyes, and we just scrapped them.&nbsp; Today, there are all kinds of sorting and reading technologies that are able to detect manufacturing errors on the fly.&nbsp; Awesome technologies.&nbsp; I feel the mints strategically release errors just to keep excitement in collecting.&nbsp; Due to the costs of manufacturing vs. the value of the coin (save for Cents and Nickels), there is a hefty margin reaped by the mints (yeah, seigniorage).&nbsp; It was that realization to me, and the Millions, if not BILLIONS of coins manufactured YEARLY that made me realize... WHAT A CROCK.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I dumped 90% of my Moderns Collection before the Plastic-Tomb Boom.&nbsp; I have kept a few cool coins, but the interest is Sooooo limited to me when you change a coin by changing its date and mint mark.&nbsp; Big deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>NEXT![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in