Why are commemoratives so under-appreciated?

Seems like it's been this way for 30 years. Some of these coins are beauties. I love the designs, so much more handsome than most of what the Mint releases today.

One of my favorites is the Connecticut. I still haven't committed to one. Please show us yours and if it's for sale, PM me!

Shoot, show us any of your pretty commemoratives!
Lance.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Modern ones are weakly struck but good designs.

 

Dang Lance. Keep it under your hat. I'm lovin' that New Rochelle. Here's my Connecticut........

 

I do like many of the commemoratives, they look really nice and the design is not something you see everyday. I'm guessing collectors prefer the coins made for circulating rather than the commems. because they think commemoratives are more of a novelty item?

 

This is the only commemorative coin I can afford, so I got three
0

 

A few more favs.......

 

I like the Texas one and the Cincinnati Music one.

 

By far my favorite modern commem. Love the design on the reverse. Got it for under melt too

 

I totally want one now. It goes with my columbian expositions! :thumb:

 

Here's the only two I own...for now

 

"Modern" and "Classic" intermingled........

 

What photo program is everyone using for these reflection pics? It is pretty neat. There are three different posters on this thread alone that have these pics.

 

Photoscape of course. It's a free download, just type in the name of the program in your search engine and it will come up. If I wasn't mistaken, green18 got me hooked up with that through one of his old "how to" thread about the program.

 

Check this ol' thread out Joe........http://www.cointalk.com/t175157-4/

 

Thx!
Here is one of my favorite older commemoratives....

 

Yup. Green got us.
Here's a walkthrough Green wrote for us who downloaded it
http://www.thecoinnection.com/public/coin_image_photscape_tutorial/index.php

 

Wow! I'm famous......

 

Hey Jace, just to show you, I borrowed your images and put this together in less than 3 minutes

 

That you are. I couldn't have gotten this far without you

 

OK Gang drumroll please!

Here is my first photoscape project!!!