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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1907120, member: 26302&quot;]I will stand up and write for modern coins SQG. Its a documented fact coin collectors have always turned their noses up on modern coins, preferring older issues. There was an ANA convention in 1927 I read about. Any bu buffalo was seven cents, even things like bu 1916 sl quarters were a dollar. People simply did not value them much, yet valued &quot;classi &quot; coins highly. Nowadays we would consider what they thought as modern to be classics.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, you are right that collectors usually overlook current issues. So, in that way, I completely agree with you. I actually like the one good side of the pucks, I like quite a few modern designs. Not to bore long time members, I simply find the low relief strikes boring. Look at an Oregon Trail and any modern coin. Both were struck for a premium, but look at the&nbsp; relief difference, how it adds so much to the beauty of the design. Same with all classic commemoratives, their innate design may not be better than many moderns, but the method of manufacture today is seriously deficient. That is why they do nothing for me, but I actuall have bought some classic commemoratives over time that I find attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the mint starts making coins like the high relief st gaudens, then I might buy from them more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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