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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 1458276, member: 24091&quot;]Most US collectors will tell you modern coins began in 1982 with the reintroduction of commemorative coins.&nbsp; Some will say it began in 1965 with the elimination of 90% silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>What about world coins?&nbsp;&nbsp; I once saw the year 1600 being claimed as the beginning of the modern era for world coins.&nbsp; That was from a European auction catalog loaded with medevil stuff.&nbsp; Others would say it began with Matthew Bolton and steam struck coins.&nbsp; Many would say around 1970 when the first NCLT coins first started to appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>I base my own demarcation point on the artwork of the coins involved.&nbsp; I would say 1939 was the last year of &quot;great&quot; coinage design, and most everything since then has been kind of lame.&nbsp; To be sure there are some great coin designs since then, but almost everything was great from 1939 and earlier.&nbsp; Afterward it was the exception not the rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>When does the modern era begin as far as you are concerned?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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