Poll Question: What coin series do you think is currently overlooked by collectors?
From the September 11 Numismatic News e-newsletter, readers share the coin series they think deserve more attention from collectors.
I think proof Liberty nickels with cameo designations are ignored. They are beautiful coins, especially in ultra cameo, and they aren’t too expensive in most cases.
I need about 7 dates to complete mine, as I collect proof 65 cameo or higher. Some of the dates, like 1889, are so difficult to find, as only 4 have been certified as 65 or higher. In ten years of looking, I have seen only 1 for sale in an auction, and IMO it wasn’t a cameo and still sold for 5 figures. The numbers for each date are small. Even the so-called common dates have less than a 100 extant. Most cams are fully struck with complete hair detail and full corn on the reverse, which are the areas MS business strikes are lacking
I would advise to avoid any coins not well struck, as you can find them fully struck; the problem is finding them.
I recently went to the Baltimore show with hundreds of dealers, and I could find less than 10 cameos overall in all the booths I looked at.
Stay away from any with milk spots. Once you start to acquire them, it’s a collection you will be proud to own
Roy, Address withheld
U.S. Mint Sets and Uncirculated Rolls.
Name and Address withheld
I don't think any of us old guys could say the wheat cent, as we all started with that when we were young, poor, and could still find decent ones in rolls. But for me, I think some of the more overlooked coins are the 2-cent, 3-cent nickel, and the Trimes. I collect them all, and they just don't come available very often. I guess that's why people overlook them because they can't find them!
Larry McCoskey, Louisville, Ky.
I believe Canadian coinage is on par with American coins. It's my preferred form of junk silver too.
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Franklin Mint issues for foreign coins. Plenty of issues with mintages of a thousand or less that would make a real challenge to put together nowadays.
David Donahue, Facebook
Eisenhower dollars. That was my first collection.
Andy Kaddyshack, Facebook
