Circulating silver commemoratives, Love them or loathe them?

I usually stay away commemoratives, especially the gaudy made-for-collectors silver commemoratives that were never meant to circulate.  But recently I've been adding some of the silver commemoratives that seemed to circulate along with the usual coins.  Like the 1927, 1951 and 1954 Australian florins

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12501.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12502.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5322.html

Anyone else the same?

Do proof silver 1776-1976 quarters count? (if they existed)
I've never seen a 1776-1976 of any kind in circulation in person...

@ZRS: No, they weren't intended for circulation.

@Main Question: I love them! I also like older NCLT's because they were mostly meant for presentation gifts, etc.

But like, if they got out into circulation by accident.

But the idea of circulating commemoratives was they were the same composition as the circulating coins at the time, for example the Aussie coins in 1927 were sterling silver and the 1927 commemorative florin was also sterling silver so circulated freely with the normal currency, people didn't feel as much need to hoard them. American currency in 1976 was cu-ni, the proofs being silver were not intended to be circulated.

I love circulating commemoratives silver or not silver. But I also enjoy collecting NCLT's as well.

Love them (Especially older German ones ex. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30116.html or https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21068.html + hundreds of others) but only for pre 1930´s or so coins. After that they are for most of them    to me.

I love them too, although they tend to be (much) more expensive than the 'normal' issues. I'm less picky than apuking, I like commems up to somewhere around 1960-70s, especially silver ones.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10337.html


what isn't to love about this?

jimpopN#10337


what isn't to love about this?

Everything. It's like a 5 year old using a crayon tried to draw the design of a gold sovereign.

danwincen78

jimpopN#10337


what isn't to love about this?

Everything. It's like a 5 year old using a crayon tried to draw the design of a gold sovereign.

So you needed more than 10 yrs. to come up with this answer….😜