Does Anyone Collect These Things?

I don't buy these from the Mint ($42 ), but can't seem to resist them when I get them on eBay at a discount. They're really nice, big (3") bronze medals with coin themes blended into the designs. Does anyone else collect these? Is there anyway to find out how many were made?

Folks say, "collect what you like"...well, I like these. :thumb:

 

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The Mint produced both 1-5/16" and 3" Presidential medals by the thousands. When I bought a complete set of the 1-5/16" in 2004, they were selling for $2.25 each, but if you ordered the entire set, it dropped to $1.75 each. Now, I think the Mint is selling them for something like $7.95 each.

Chris

 

Thanks Chris!

I was bored one night and saw the Truman 3" medal for $10 on eBay. I bought it and was really surprised how nice it looked "in hand". I know they will never be worth much, but I really like them (the 3" variety, anyway). I've never heard of anyone else collecting them. You bought the "complete set" in one year? I thought they just released a few each year.

When it comes to these medals...

 

Now, the Mint sells the 3" for $44.95. You can still get the other 3", but some are temporarily out of stock. These medals aren't like the Prez and First Spouse coins. The full set has been around for years.

One day, I will submit them all to NGC for encapsulation.

Chris

 

Really? ...I had no idea.

 

Chris, which ones do you collect...1-5/16" or 3"?

 

I've picked up a few, but not the "full bodied" variety.

Easier to store..........

 

The little ones just don't do it for me!

 

I have the 1-5/16". Like I said, they were $1.75 each if you bought the whole set and $2.25, individually. About two weeks after my purchase, the Mint increased the price to $4.95 each.

I also have a complete set of the bronze medals for the Mint facilities - Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, Carson City, New Orleans, West Point, Dahlonega & Charlotte that also includes Fort Knox and the Treasury Department.

One thing you should keep an eye out for is some of the medals that were accidentally produced in "coin turn" rather than "medal turn".

Chris

 

Gosh dang heck. Now there was a full bodied women........back when women were women, and men were men......

 

Cool!! Please post!

Huh? :scratch:

 

Medal turn and coin turn orientation........

 

Huh? :scratch: You talking about whether you turn it over the top or to the side to get the right orientation? In other words, 180 degrees rotated?

 

X-actly.

Medal turn and coin turn are two different orientations.

 

I don't have any photos of the facilities medals, and they're packed away.

Coins are produced in "coin turn" which means that if you rotate a coin east-to-west, the reverse will be upside down. Medals are produced in "medal turn" which means that if you rotate a medal east-to-west, the reverse will be right side up. Some of the medals were accidentally produced in "coin turn" so the reverse image is upside down when you rotate it east-to-west. These medals carry a premium because they are Mint errors - 180 degree rotation.

Chris

 

Thanks! ...never heard it referenced in those terms. As I've said...

 

Damn you!! Now I gotta find these things to see if I got a rarity!

 

That's 'cause you listen to Schultz........

 

Schultz only collects German medals, and they're all upside down.

Chris

 

Sometimes I think my world is oriented that way. Oh the difficulty to turn things "right side up".......