Treeman Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Why so few Innovation dollars graded? I've been looking for the 2022P Vermont, and the 2022P Rhode Island, and they seem to be nonexistant. I would think the flippers would have a market for them, and 66 and 67 grades would be fairly common... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 12:59 PM, Treeman said: Why so few Innovation dollars graded? I've been looking for the 2022P Vermont, and the 2022P Rhode Island, and they seem to be nonexistant. I would think the flippers would have a market for them, and 66 and 67 grades would be fairly common... Since the P an D Innovation dollars are only available direct from the U.S. Mint, in rolls or bags, the availability of graded specimens depends on someone breaking up a roll or bag. There may be few willing to take the risk. zadok and Henri Charriere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 (edited) At the risk of being ostracized, ad infinitum, by my fellow members, I am all but constrained to confess that having witnessed and participated in the Golden Age of U.S. coinage, when silver was referred to as such generations ago, these pieces I refer to as strictly miscellaneous, do nothing for me. Lincoln cents now litter the streets of New York City. How can I take pride in owning a shiny new Mankiller quarter? Where are all the ornate bank notes of yore? An Educational Series note and St. Gaudens dollar are sights to behold. Generic state coins minted without a smidgen of silver and little or no artistic merit? Not so much. Just about every opportunity to put out a distinctive coin for circulation in the past sixty years has been roundly squandered. What has Government offered, as of late, to young numismatists being raised on E-Z passes, OMNY tap-and-go devices (NYC Transit) parking receipts spat out by parking meter kiosks and a profusion of debit and credit cards... silver, gold and platinum? Innovation dollars? The one-dollar bill has an average lifetime of use in circulation of only 18 months. A genuine "innovation" surely would have come up with a dollar coin that enjoys universal acceptance -- and whose widespread circulation would keep the Treasury Department's coffers full. Why are two-dollar bills gathering dust? The United States Mint's products are mass-produced with little or no quality control, are overpriced, and unloved by all but the strategic speculators. Rant over; nothing personal. Edited December 21, 2023 by Henri Charriere Routine die-polishing. powermad5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 8:56 PM, Henri Charriere said: At the risk of being ostracized, ad infinitum, by my fellow members, I am all but constrained to confess that having witnessed and participated in the Golden Age of U.S. coinage, when silver was referred to as such generations ago, these pieces I refer to as strictly miscellaneous, do nothing for me. Lincoln cents now litter the streets of New York City. How can I take pride in owning a shiny new Mankiller quarter? Where are all the ornate bank notes of yore? An Educational Series note and St. Gaudens dollar are sights to behold. Generic state coins minted without a smidgen of silver and little or no artistic merit? Not so much. Just about every opportunity to put out a distinctive coin for circulation in the past sixty years has been roundly squandered. What has Government offered, as of late, to young numismatists being raised on E-Z passes, OMNY tap-and-go devices (NYC Transit) parking receipts spat out by parking meter kiosks and a profusion of debit and credit cards... silver, gold and platinum? Innovation dollars? The one-dollar bill has an average lifetime of use in circulation of only 18 months. A genuine "innovation" surely would have come up with a dollar coin that enjoys universal acceptance -- and whose widespread circulation would keep the Treasury Department's coffers full. Why are two-dollar bills gathering dust? The United States Mint's products are mass-produced with little or no quality control, are overpriced, and unloved by all but the strategic speculators. Rant over; nothing personal. ...what he was trying to say was..."no comment..." powermad5000 and Henri Charriere 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 1:50 PM, zadok said: ...what he was trying to say was..."no comment..." I appreciate your running commentary, and I suspect you enjoy it as much as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 1:59 PM, Treeman said: Why so few Innovation dollars graded? Few want to spend large sums for sloppy made and uninteresting coins. There's no "hype" value on which to stick an absurd markup. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
