Gen. MacArthur $5.00 commemorative gold coin will shine?.

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  1. anchor1112

    anchor1112 Senior Member

    2013 general douglas macarthur five dollars modern commemorative gold coin might go up to over $2,000.00 a piece in the future. three things that occurred on this coin.

    (1) second lowest uncirculated at 5,658 pc.
    medal of honor - 8,251
    u.s. army - 8,062
    star spangled - 7,027
    capital vision - 6,761
    gen. macarthur - 5,658
    jackie robinson - 5,174

    (2) lowest proof version at 15,843 pc.
    capital vision - 27,652
    jackie robinson - 24,072
    star spangled - 18,312
    medal of honor - 18,012
    u.s. army - 17,173
    gen. macarthur - 15,843

    (3) lowest combined proof and uncirculated at 21,501 pc.
    capital vision - 34,413
    jackie robinson - 29,246
    medal of honor - 26,269
    star spangled - 25,339
    u.s. army - 25,235
    gen. macarthur - 21,501

    top retail price:
    jackie robinson unc - $2,500.00 at 5,174 mintage.
    flag bearer unc - $2,500.00 at 9,174 mintage.
    cauldron unc - $2,500.00 at 8,210 mintage.
    stadium unc - $2,350.00 at 10,579 mintage.
    capital vision unc - $2,350.00 at 9,068 mintage.
    gen. macarthur unc - 5,658 mintage at how much?. you figure it out.
     
    anchor1112, Jan 18, 2014
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  3. stewart dandis

    stewart dandis Well-Known Member

    What is the reason for such a low mintage?

    a) not popular with collectors.
    b) Mint price too high.
    c) other reasons?
     
    stewart dandis, Jan 18, 2014
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  4. Tom B

    Tom B TomB Everywhere Else

    I think there are three important reasons for the low mintage-

    1) PMs were down this year and it made this issue less attractive.
    2) There are myriad US Mint issues out now to siphon money away from the $5 gold commem series (Buffalo, AGE, ASE, APE, First Spouse, special proof sets, etc...)
    3) The Mint stated these would be for sale until 12/31 and I expect many folks were waiting for one last US Mint production update before ordering, but instead the Mint pulled the product as "Sold Out" just before Christmas.

    I like the future for this issue.
     
    Tom B, Jan 18, 2014
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  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Many of the $5 commems have done well over the years. Collectors not liking the design and/or subject often resulted in lower mintage numbers, and cost was always a factor. But some of those that have done well did so because they were popular and collectors liked them. It's one of the few cases where opposite ends of the spectrum had similar results. But the popular ones never reached values that the low mintage examples did.
     
    GDJMSP, Jan 18, 2014
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  6. stewart dandis

    stewart dandis Well-Known Member

    Good answers, thank you.

    I like the Unc. Medal of Honor $5. Don't own one but it's my favorite of the bunch.
     
    stewart dandis, Jan 18, 2014
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  7. d.t.menace

    d.t.menace Member

    I think the relatively low mintages the last few years will keep these from realizing anywhere close to the values of the high dollar ones. In fact your pricing of the Capitol Vistor Center is about a grand too high. They've been selling for under 1500 recently and some have sold for under a grand in auctions on the bay. I think the recent low mintages have hurt the value of it.
    So what you're left with in the high value ones is the lowest mintage Jackie Robinson and the very popular Olympic issues. I don't think MacArthur will be anywhere close as popular as the olympics. In my opinion it will carry some premium over issue price but I wouldn't be buying at todays prices, you may end up buried.
     
    d.t.menace, Jan 18, 2014
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  8. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    I would never advise anyone to buy any of them at current prices. The idea is to pick out future coins in advance and buy them at issue prices.
     
    GDJMSP, Jan 19, 2014
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  9. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Perhaps more & more folks realize what a loser McArthur was.

    "I shall return" yeah, and they took what? 10 + takes of him walking on shore?
     
    Treashunt, Jan 20, 2014
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  10. anchor1112

    anchor1112 Senior Member

    they might be over 100 million people make gen. macarthur the godfather of their country. maybe we should bring this coin to sell them. any former macarthur coins were hot there and usually have high premium on it. where?. the Philippines.



    http://www.ebay.com/bhp/philippines-macarthur
     
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    anchor1112, Jan 20, 2014
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