Our Modern Clad....

[KirkS]

When you think about it, coins that we hold dearly today, were nothing more than current common currency back in the day, just pocket change, much like we think about coins today. But those coins were made of precious and semi-precious metals, and had historic meaning and value, but they weren't really thought of as being much more then 'money'.

So when it comes to today's modern coins, which we all find to be lacking much, will they ever have collector's value? There are millions (billions?) of each coin made, and they're made of metals just a notch above pot metal. IMO, I think it would literally take centuries before any modern common coin becomes 'collectible'. What say you?

 

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[port ewen ace]

ERRORS!!!!!

 

[galenrog]

Ace is right. The wonderful world of errors, in my opinion, is a very lucrative part of the coin searching mix. Remember, there is a market for almost everything.

 

[enamel7]

Plus varieties!

 

[galenrog]

Enamel is also on top of this. While many varieties are less valuable than errors in similar condition, there are many exceptions. Especially if a variety is the result of a single die pairing.

KirkS, do these few replies to your original post help you at all?


Time for more coffee. Espresso. Straight shots.

 

[Goldfleks]

Don't forget that modern coins tend to disintegrate in the soil. So while more are minted, they are literally falling apart in the ground/ocean. Unlike the older currencies that were a bit more resistant to corrosion.

So that should add some value to the modern coins that manage to sick around.

 

[enamel7]

Well the zinc cents rot, but the others hold up except for discoloration.

 

[the_mad_cladder]

Hunting for errors sucks. We need to return to printing real money's.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Hunting for errors sucks. We need to return to printing real money's.

ha ha you said printing ​real money.

 

[Davers]

When you think about it, coins that we hold dearly today, were nothing more than current common currency back in the day, just pocket change, much like we think about coins today. But those coins were made of precious and semi-precious metals, and had historic meaning and value, but they weren't really thought of as being much more then 'money'.

So when it comes to today's modern coins, which we all find to be lacking much, will they ever have collector's value? There are millions (billions?) of each coin made, and they're made of metals just a notch above pot metal. IMO, I think it would literally take centuries before any modern common coin becomes 'collectible'. What say you?

VERY TRUE STATEMENT, AS well as the first reply that I can already see.

 

[Davers]

Don't forget that modern coins tend to disintegrate in the soil. So while more are minted, they are literally falling apart in the ground/ocean. Unlike the older currencies that were a bit more resistant to corrosion.

So that should add some value to the modern coins that manage to sick around.

True.
but We are talking "Billions"...
Wish I had a Billion Cents. LOL

 

[Davers]

Well the zinc cents rot, but the others hold up except for discoloration.

The CN coins still tend to 'pit' over the years.

Also kinda like we don't dig to many nice Steele 'War' Cents.

Read here "Scrap Metals" that Zinc has risen in price of late.

Our US Cent may be gone in the next decade