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<p>[QUOTE="DKenny, post: 2173437, member: 57892"]And the US Mint is working on a new design that incorporate Miss Liberty this year and that Angelina Jolie $75 gold coin design looks horrible. I think that the US Mint has peaked in its artistic quality a long time ago. I don't think new designs (and a new liberty design) will bring new collectors to the hobby much the state quarter program did in 1999. I'd be surprised if the 2015 Angelina Jolie $75 gold coin will bring new collectors much like the state quarter program did in 1999. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to bring new collectors into the hobby like what the state quarter program did in 1999, you have to encourage people to hunt through pocket change and the best way to do that is to have the US Mint make limited edition coins for circulation. An example of what I mean would be a 2015-W nickel with a mintage limit of 100,000 that's all released into circulation and can only be found in circulation and that would be worth a premium to collectors. The fact that someone can find something valuable in change will get people searching through change and into coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DKenny, post: 2173437, member: 57892"]And the US Mint is working on a new design that incorporate Miss Liberty this year and that Angelina Jolie $75 gold coin design looks horrible. I think that the US Mint has peaked in its artistic quality a long time ago. I don't think new designs (and a new liberty design) will bring new collectors to the hobby much the state quarter program did in 1999. I'd be surprised if the 2015 Angelina Jolie $75 gold coin will bring new collectors much like the state quarter program did in 1999. If you want to bring new collectors into the hobby like what the state quarter program did in 1999, you have to encourage people to hunt through pocket change and the best way to do that is to have the US Mint make limited edition coins for circulation. An example of what I mean would be a 2015-W nickel with a mintage limit of 100,000 that's all released into circulation and can only be found in circulation and that would be worth a premium to collectors. The fact that someone can find something valuable in change will get people searching through change and into coins.[/QUOTE]
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