The Coin Analyst: Have Circulating Commemorative Programs Outlasted Their Welcome?
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major new bill that will create several new series of circulating commemorative quarters and other coins has just become law. Unfortunately, it risks repeating several of the mistakes of other recent coin programs of this type.
In the annals of American numismatics, many circulating coin programs have played a key role in stimulating greater interest in the hobby and increasing the ranks of collectors. This includes, of course, coins such as
Lincoln cents,
Washington quarters, and
Walking Liberty half dollars, among others – sets of which at one time could be started, and in some cases completed, from circulation.
The Coin Analyst: The Best Performing Modern Coins of 2020
The fifth annual
Coin Analyst review of modern coins that performed best among those issued in 2020 includes some coins dated 2019 and 2021 that were released in 2020.
2020 may have been the year from hell for most of us because of the coronavirus and its many economic and social repercussions around the world, but it was a very good year for the numismatic hobby and the coin market, including the modern coin market.
These trends reflected the shift in the market towards even higher levels of online trading than previously and they were also buttressed by the rise in precious metal prices with gold, silver, and platinum all up sharply in 2020.