New Mel Wacks coin Coming out!

On Facebook, Mel announced that he will be producing a new over struck coin to commemorate the Pope's visit in September. The over striking will be onto new 2015 Kennedy Half Dollars.

This will be his 1st Overstruck coin in 30 Years!



How many folks will be interested in these? I know that I will, just to keep my collection up to date.

I've inquired about distributing these but have no idea on the specifics. Has anybody here participated in such a venture in the past?

 

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Mel Blanc? He died........

 

Never heard of him

 

You never heard of Mel Blanc?

 

Not Mel Blanc, Mel Gibson.

 

Mel who??

 

Mel Torme'

 

not interested, looks like a poorly counter stamped coin...

 

I've always wanted a Mel Wacks counterstrike. Hopefully I can get one of these. Please keep us updated as to how to purchase one of these.

 

Mel Ott

 

Melanie. Something about a skate key.

 

I think Lee (OP) is mad at me......

 

Not at all.

 

Just because he doesn't like you doesn't mean that he's mad at you. J/K!

Chris

 

He still owes us History of the World Part 2!!! And all we get is a coin?

 

Mel Wacks has been producing counter struck coins to commemorate certain evens since 1976. Some of his work, such as the 1978 Camp David Peace Summit struck over a Peace Dollar, is highly sought after. Usually commanding $300 or more dollar depending upon grade.



Others, due to limited production, are highly collectible such as the 1976 Turkey Half Dollar from 1976.



The above coin was in response to the success of the Viking 1 landing on Mars commemorative in 1976.



Basically, Mel produced commemoratives for what the Treasury Department did not commemorating important events in this country and the world.

Here's a List:

MW1 “VIKING I ON MARS JULY 20, 1976”
MW2 Turkey (Thanksgiving 1976)
MW3 “CAMP DAVID PEACE SUMMIT SEPT. 5-17, 1978”
MW4 “INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 1979”
MW5ERROR “POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITS MEXICO JAN. 26-31, 1979”
MW6 “POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITS MEXICO JAN. 26-31, 1979”
MW7 “ADV. IONNES PAVLVS P.M. USA OCT. 1-7, 1979”
MW8 “BICENTALER 1780-1980”
MW9 “CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS/1980 MOSCOW GAMES”
MW10 “FASTER ● HIGHER ● STRONGER LAKE PLACID ● FEB. 13-24, 1980”
MW11 “1980 GOLD MEDAL WINNERS ● USA HOCKEY TEAM”
MW12 “RONALD W. REAGAN INAUGURATED 40TH PRESIDENT JANUARY 20, 1981”
MW13 “FREEDOM FOR THE 52 AMERICAN HOSTAGES JANUARY 20, 1981”
MW14 “PRINCE CHARLES & LADY DIANA 7•29 1981”
MW15 “SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW 1981”
MW16 “POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITS ENGLAND 1982”
MW17 “GEORGE WASHINGTON FEB. 22, 1732-1982”
MW18 “LOS ANGELES GAMES ● SUMMER 1984” (Olympic Runners)
MW19 “1984 LOS ANGELES ● SUMMER GAMES” (Olympic Weightlifter)
MW20 “LOS ANGELES SUMMER GAMES XXIII ● ‘84” (Olympic Flame)
MW21 “HARRY S. TRUMAN CENTENNIAL MAY 8, 1884 ● 1984”

Most I have, and some I do not such as the BiCentaler which was counter struck over am overstruck Maria Theresa Taler which are quite popular.

My first experience with Mel Wacks works with the high prices folks were paying for the Camp David coin. After that, a bunch of them were produced on Eisenhower Dollars both CnClad and Silver Coins. My hopes were to land one which was done over a Doubled Die Ike but I never did find one.

Mels work has a place in numismatic history along the lines of exonumia in that each piece was struck on an existing coin.

I'm faily excited about this new piece since I'd assumed that Mel had retired from the over struck business but evidently he felt that the Pope's visit in September was important enough to draw him out of retirement. (Pure Speculation)

At any rate, that's who Mel Wacks is despite the efforts of a lot of you in trying to be cute or funny or even clever. A simple google search would reveal who he really is since he's not really a stranger to coin collectors that have been around for any period of time.

 

Well even as a lap ' s Catholic I do like Pope Francis ! I would think a medal would more appropriate for his visit.
With the proceeds going to one or more of the many charity's he supports. Now even though I'm not a medal collector I would be more than happy to purchase one.

 

This one is really cool:



As is this one:

 

LOL - showing your age.

First time I have seen something about this posted on cointalk. Some of those look pretty cool. Not that I would collect them, but they are very interesting. Learned something new today.

 

See the current historical catalog here:

http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/wacks-counterstamps.html

with the understanding that these are no longer available except in the after market so it's not a sales pitch.