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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BadThad, post: 1261007, member: 17261&quot;]cladking and I have always been on the same page. His collecting is more diverse than mine because I only collect Lincoln cents. However, what he is saying is the truth and, if you become a serious modern collector, you will find these things out for yourself. </p><p><br /></p><p>From the Lincoln perspective, the moderns are almost completely ignored. Finding TRUE well-struck, gem coins is VERY difficult. I hear from people and dealers all the time, &quot;there&#039;s billions of them&quot;, yea....this is true. However, 99.9% of those billions are junk, LDS/MDS, spotted and poorly struck. Finding clean, well-struck EDS coins is a HUGE challenge. It doesn&#039;t matter if you have 20 mint sets, 100 rolls or bags....finding those primo coins is going to wear you down into submission. Then I hear people say, &quot;well, I&#039;ll just buy slabbed coins&quot;....here&#039;s the news, almost all the slabbed coins do not meet the primo critera regardless of grade. The TPG&#039;s really do ignore things like die state and they often forgive light water spotting or poor stikes. For example, the steps on the Memorial cent, I&#039;ve seen slabbed 67-68 coins with mushy, ill-defined steps....but it has luster...so it gets the grade. Sorry, IMO, the TPG grades on most moderns fall WAY short by my standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottomline, moderns have been vastly ignored by collectors and dealers alike. Finding the true diamonds in the rough is a lot more difficult than most think. Like cladking said....they are truely rare. Finding those coins is very, very difficult for the discriminating collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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