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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quarter-back, post: 1890277, member: 47022&quot;]I don&#039;t know about classic vs. modern, but the article sure reflects my collection.&nbsp; I have almost entirely high mint state red cents back to about the mid-thirties, but very few before that.&nbsp; Same trend with nickels, dimes, quarters and halfs.&nbsp; Oddly though, that only applies to US coins.&nbsp; That cut-off point does not seem to apply as much to foreign stuff.&nbsp; I also do German coins, and find that the break point is the beginning of the German Empire.&nbsp; For Canadians, it&#039;s King George, and US Philippines comes about ten years after the mainstream US breakpoint.&nbsp; If I had to pick cut-off points for US classic vs modern, it would Indian Head/Lincoln for cents, Buffalo/Jefferson for nickels, Mercury/Roosevelt for dimes, Standing Liberty/Washington for quarters, and Walking Liberty/Franklin for halfs.&nbsp; Note that the cut-off points span about 40 years, so my criteria have little to do with mintages, survival or metal composition and more often coincide with major design changes for each denomination.&nbsp; In this sense, I tend to align with 19Lyds -&nbsp; allegory vs hero worship[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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