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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 160013, member: 5719&quot;]It seems to me that regardless of mintage, there are just so many different commemoratives being produced worldwide that there appears to be a glut.&nbsp;&nbsp; The USA is way behind in the number of different commems being done in comparison to other countries, for example Canada.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t to place judgement on the aesthetic value of any particular coin, just the total number of different issues there have been.&nbsp; Although I can&#039;t help but think that if there are Pokemon commemoratives (and I am not making this up!) we must be reaching the bottom of the barrel to some extent. </p><p><br /></p><p>The net of it is that it&#039;s darn near impossible to keep up with &quot;everything&quot; (however you may define it).&nbsp; I think that leads to a lower interest in them and thus they are viewed as, well, &quot;junk.&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure that is entirely fair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Throwing in the law of supply and demand, many (but not all) modern commemoratives seem to be struggling to stay within range of their issue price, much less the &quot;handsome profit&quot; zone.&nbsp; Some mints have really cut down mintage numbers (the Royal Canadian Mint comes to mind) to restrict supply.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;m a dealer (well, if I&#039;m anyone), lower prices mean lower absolute profit for the next marginal coin.&nbsp; For example, I can fill a slot with an Oregon Trail half for a couple hundred dollars or a 1986 Liberty half for maybe ten dollars, if I get a choice I take the Oregon Trail, all else being equal. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t brought in visual appeal until now; but I&#039;m like everyone else in that I have my opinions as to that subject.&nbsp; I think some are desirable and some are, well, not so desirable.&nbsp; That&#039;s true for me regardless of the date stamped on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Thalia Elizabeth, well, you all know who she likes to see on coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Some of the Queen Elizabeth II commemoratives are among the lowest priced out there (using a somewhat broader definition of &quot;commemoratives&quot;).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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