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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1569126, member: 15929&quot;]Back in 2006, when the US Mint released the &quot;San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative&quot;, I just had to have one. With visions of a drop dead gorgeous Morgan Dollar Reverse in proof and UNC! Everybody wanted the same thing and orders simply took off! The web site bogged down and it was assumed by some that a winner was in the making!</p><p><br /></p><p>When the coins arrived, I was blown away! After some close inspection, I was blown away yet again!</p><p><br /></p><p>Not with what I thought I had bought, but with what I actually received!</p><p><br /></p><p>Namely, a low reliefed, mass produced, piece of junk that had something which resembled a Morgan Dollar Reverse. The lettering had absolutely no relief! The Cameo effect looked &quot;placed&quot; on the coin instead of being the end result of freshly produced dies on their first outing in a coining press!</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin itself was a dud. A piece of junk produced with todays mass production technilogy which it reflected over ever square millimeter!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IF, the US MINT were to produce a &quot;Revival Set&quot; as siggested by the OP, it would ONLY be lauded by the newbies who cannot afford much less appreciate the skill which it took to produce some of the Classic Coin Designs which overflowed with relief! </p><p><br /></p><p>Such a set produced today would be nothing short of a numismatic sin which would do nothing but flood the modern coin market with more junk!</p><p><br /></p><p>Folks, there&#039;s a reason that most collectors avoid modern coins and it has only a little bit to do with the designs! It&#039;s the relief! The modern coinage of today and the past 40 years simply has no relief and as such, it&#039;s basically unattractive!</p><p><br /></p><p>My vote is to NOT perpetuate such a travesty on the Numismatic Community since it would elevate the US Mint to the same status as the Franklin Mint or any other number of wannabee coin creators![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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