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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 711892, member: 68&quot;]Now that the series is complete it&#039;s becoming apparent what the strenghts and weaknesses were. </p><p><br /></p><p>By biggest problem with the coins is that they didn&#039;t make a distinctly new obverse.&nbsp; It should have been something that all the states shared rather than any historical figure no matter how famous.&nbsp; The FED&nbsp; did a superb job of getting the coins into the hands of collectors and into commerce as well.&nbsp; They could be faulted for the quantity limits but they really aren&#039;t set up for this job and the mint is. The mint did have these available in quantity for a reasonable premium.&nbsp; One might fault the mint for suspending regular mint set coins in the middle program but here is an opportunity for those complaining about high mintages; find some regular issue gems from the last five years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My biggest gripe is, was, and will be how poorly the hobby has embraced all these new collectors.&nbsp; It seems far more are being beaten away with a stick than encouraged.&nbsp; Warning people brand new coins are not usually a road to riches is much different than making light of the coins and the&nbsp; collectors.&nbsp; Of course the many states that resorted to &quot;clip art&quot; was a lost opportunity for them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, most of us have improved somewhat in the last few years but there&#039;s still opportunity to encourage those who still are interested.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Things have changed dramatically since this thread was new and it&#039;s ironic that it was started so shortly before the many scarcities of the series went into production.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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