THE STATE OF NUMISMATICS IS IN SHAMBLES! Ok, not really, but have you ever wondered where the future of Numismatics lies? Long gone are the days of finding abundant silver coins in circulation and key date coins are becoming harder and harder to find in their once pristine condition. Now, most collector coins are being held in collector’s hands or packed away in the remains of yester year. As time goes on, it’s inevitable that some coins will be inadvertently destroyed or lost, or once Mint State coins will be subjected to improper handling and reduced to a lesser grade.
In my own educated opinion, they just don’t make them like they used to. Instead of the beautiful ornate designs of 100 years, coins of today have impersonal designs that lack the spirit and heart of America. Although it’s nice that we are honoring the Presidents who helped form this country, the computer generated designs are hideous and lack character!
In 100 years, if coin collecting still exists, will our children and our children’s children look back at our coinage; will they gaze in awe at the “beautiful” designs like we do today? Or will the government continue to slip into a world ugly, mass produced coins? Maybe the government will decide to do away with designs on coins completely and resort to using color coded metal disks? Only time will tell.
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