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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 26455401, member: 13650&quot;]Well, I&#039;m guilty of collecting some of the hype but agree with everyone.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have a Morgan set going and they&#039;re overhyped but IMO, not nearly overhyped as modern ASEs.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Morgans are at least old, they have A LOT of different looks to them than just blast white.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many nice ones are easily obtainable.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s still many challenging ones and huge batches of them have been melted over the years.&nbsp;&nbsp; So what&#039;s actually left of anything may be nowhere near original mintages.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; They are a staple of collectors and represent a nostalgic time period for many Americans.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also readily available at every show.&nbsp; When you buy these you feel like you&#039;re getting something.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As someone who has too many ASEs and somehow always obtains more, they are the most overhyped in my view.&nbsp; &nbsp; I think they should let the program go at some point.&nbsp;&nbsp; We&#039;ll have enough to go around forever if they stopped this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Undervalued:&nbsp;&nbsp; The buffalo nickel.&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#039;t know if not having silver in them hurts the popularity but the design is excellent and some of them are very attractive.&nbsp; &nbsp; The key dates have original mintages near the 1921 Peace High relief or less.&nbsp;&nbsp; Granted they aren&#039;t &quot;cheap&quot; cheap, but they could be A LOT more expensive than they are.&nbsp;&nbsp; Almost all of them circulated heavily during their time so low grade ones are readily available across the set.&nbsp; Many dates are very common and cheap in MS.&nbsp; There are many ugly, beat up worn ones though.&nbsp; Some of the early ones are tough in nicer grades because nobody thought to save them when they debuted.&nbsp;&nbsp; By the middle of the series, people were paying attention and saving them for collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Undervalued: Ancients.&nbsp;&nbsp; As someone who discovered them in the last couple years and is still a novice, they are really special.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; After you have spent years looking at all the basic US stuff, it&#039;s refreshing to expand into other areas and learn about other historically important coins.&nbsp; Some which are thousands of years old.&nbsp; &nbsp; Its like trying to learn a different language and often times literally can be. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I can identify many Roman Imperials from the portraits alone now which I think is cool.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s neat to realize the different reverses are what helps drive the demand for most of them.&nbsp; As well as strike, centering and surfaces.&nbsp;&nbsp; Don&#039;t know all the intricacies of the Greek stuff and Alexander the Great drachms, tetradrachms for example, but at least I know what they are (and rough time frames) when I see one.&nbsp; &nbsp; Some may be more popular than I give credit for here though.&nbsp; They are desired on the World stage.&nbsp; Not as much in the US but may be changing more than I realize.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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