Borrowed Obverse and Dull Reverse - Can't You Find a Nicer Series of U.S. Coins to Collect?

Seriously - why all the love for American Silver Eagle (ASE) bullion coins. For 25 years the U.S. mint has been banging out these same tired coins with the Obverse "stolen" or "borrowed" from the very nice Adolph Weinman Liberty Walking Half Dollar (1917-1947) and a dull reverse by John Mercanti of a heraldic eagle. Sure the reverse proof ASE is interesting but why all the fuss? Can't you simply collect the much nicer Liberty Walking Half Dollars which were actually put into circulation or the proof version of these same coins? The Eagle on the reverse is much nicer!

To be fair I knew you all would by these silly coins from the mint and I was very pleased to make a nice fat profit selling my sets of 25th Annivesary American Silver Eagles (I got in during the first 40 minutes). I'll take the money and by some nice Pre-1933 U.S. Gold Coins - something of real and lasting value. Maybe the mint will keep going for another 25 years producing these same boring ASE coins for you to collect. You can only hope!

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