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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 310720, member: 3011&quot;]It&#039;s&nbsp; a good question.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the history, so I prefer older to newer coins, even if the older ones are more common.&nbsp; I also prefer US coins to other nations even if the other coins are objectively and subjectively better.&nbsp; I like the precious metals, so I prefer silver and gold.&nbsp; I like a bargain, so I prefer coins that sell reasonably close to bullion value.&nbsp; Many morgan and peace dollars, and many common date liberty gold coins and gold commemoratives from the 1980s can be purchased without paying huge premiums.&nbsp; Among the copper coins, I like civil war tokens and hard times token better than the coins from the US Mint.&nbsp; I&#039;m not persnickety about condition.&nbsp; I&#039;m just as happy with circulated as uncirculated coins, and many EF and AU coins look like tremendous bargains to me compared to the MS coins of the same series.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a big fan of wild toning, and a plain old grey morgan dollar looks just fine to me.&nbsp; I don&#039;t really care if a silver dollar has been cleaned, although I won&#039;t buy one unless the price is tremendously discounted because I know that others do care.&nbsp; Among modern coins, I think the American Silver Eagles are possibly underappreciated and will rise to more significant premiums to bullion value when the series is discontinued someday.&nbsp; Other than the silver eagles, I&#039;ve never completed a set, and probably never will.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have one-tenth the knowledge of many of the folks here, but sticking to the above guidelines allows me to greatly enjoy the hobby in a sort of low-risk way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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