Queens beast too popular?

[RoughDog]

16 minutes ago, FoolzGold said:

I didn't mention proofs because it's a bizarro world I can't get my head around. Prices based entirely on shininess, limited numbers and perceived demand, every coin immediately graded and sealed in a piece of plastic... I understand the semi-numismatic stuff - the appeal of a particular design or it's rarity - but the proof side of things is too much for my poor brain. Ooh this one's really, really shiny so we're going to create a whole new grade we're going to call ultra-mega-shiny+++, but only we can call something that so you're going to have to pay us to look at your coin and tell you how shiny it is. 🙄

From my understanding proofs are much more costly to produce because part of the finishing process is hand made.  They can't churn out 100s of thousands on a machine so I can see why they cost more.  Not something I'm interested in myself.  I am mainly interested in gold and silver BU.  I will pay a slightly higher premium for a nice design, or a series.

What I think is not appealing is the coins that have the same design year after year and people pay crazy money for a year that has a low mintage.

Or some old circulated tatty looking rare coin that is worth a fortune because of some historical time.

Everyone is different in some way and people like different things for different reasons.

[FoolzGold]

I know, I was being facetious about proofs. Each to their own.

 

[mr-dead]

6 hours ago, FoolzGold said:

I didn't mention proofs because it's a bizarro world I can't get my head around. Prices based entirely on shininess, limited numbers and perceived demand, every coin immediately graded and sealed in a piece of plastic... I understand the semi-numismatic stuff - the appeal of a particular design or it's rarity - but the proof side of things is too much for my poor brain. Ooh this one's really, really shiny so we're going to create a whole new grade we're going to call ultra-mega-shiny+++, but only we can call something that so you're going to have to pay us to look at your coin and tell you how shiny it is. 🙄

People like perfection and are willing to pay a premium for it.

Beat up, scratched ferrari or super shiny reflective ferrari.  Both do the same job but one looks nicer and costs a lot more.

 

Proofs just cost more to produce, blanks have to be flawless, dies polished to a higher finish and coins stuck multiple times to achieve the best possible finish.  Also a more careful handling after striking to ensure no scratches or imperfections.

[Lowlow]

6 hours ago, FoolzGold said:

I didn't mention proofs because it's a bizarro world I can't get my head around. Prices based entirely on shininess, limited numbers and perceived demand, every coin immediately graded and sealed in a piece of plastic... I understand the semi-numismatic stuff - the appeal of a particular design or it's rarity - but the proof side of things is too much for my poor brain. Ooh this one's really, really shiny so we're going to create a whole new grade we're going to call ultra-mega-shiny+++, but only we can call something that so you're going to have to pay us to look at your coin and tell you how shiny it is. 🙄

It's lost on me too, so I can't say I understand what people see in it, only that I know they do, actually, see something in it.

[Lowlow]

16 minutes ago, mr-dead said:

Beat up, scratched ferrari or super shiny reflective ferrari.  Both do the same job but one looks nicer and costs a lot more.

Is it bad that I would want to pay less for the beat up ferrari so I could have fun with it ?