Because the JFK Gold Half Dollar Was Such a Hit.....

I don't know if you've noticed, but the number of these sets being purchased is dropping every year...

 

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If it's .85. I think the weight will be more if they make them the correct size. A .999 gold half dollar is .75, not .50.

 

Yeah, so, they'll sell more if they're .999? The mint will probably take the opportunity to charge more for the sets, since the collector is getting more silver. They're selling fewer of each product because they've flooded the market with too many products. They will hit a point where they will actually issue too many and their overall profit will suffer. I think they hit that point last year, as wasn't their profit down? So, we may see fewer products soon, or they may try to increase their profit with different products.

 

They say on them 1/10th oz, 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz.

 

From another website, where someone got the survey:

• A ½ oz. Platinum 1916 Walking Liberty coin with a proof finish and a mintage limit of 25,000 for $745.

• A ¼ oz. Platinum 1916 Standing Liberty coin with a proof finish and a mintage limit of 35,000 for $385.

• A 1/10 oz. Platinum 1916 Mercury Dime with a proof finish and a mintage limit of 70,000 for $165.

The U.S. Mint is also considering offering a special three-coin set that features all three coins (Platinum 1916 Mercury Dime, Standing Liberty Coin, and 1916 Walking Liberty Coin) together in a custom-designed presentation case accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. The price of the set would be approximately $1,350.

 

Yeah, that's an error or an attempt to suck us in. Isn't the correct size 2014 JFK gold 3/4oz?

 

For people who got the survey with the gold options:

Walker was $770 , Standing Liberty $397 and Mercury Dime $170 .
Special set with a custom presentation case, the set would cost $1,350

 

I got the survey also. It was like asking for advise on how to destroy my hobby as well. If anything comes of this, I will complete my search for some world coins. I now need these for my Daughter-in-law; and leave U.S. coins and it's belief behind. No country can exist forever. No country can live in the modern age when it supports something written over 200 years ago. You must change with the times. Isn't this what we preach to the world? Why are we not following our own advise?

 

If the Half is the correct size, like the JFK, it will cost the same as the JFK, currently $1,165.

 

Did everyone also notice that the Mint's "Mock-up photos" are just original coins that have been "juiced" to a gold color with a date and content photoshopped in? LOL
So basically we have no idea what these coins will really look like with regards to depth, detail and luster

 

Yep, and they had better do unc versions, as the proofs won't be anything like the original. The SLQ's had orange peel fields, they'd probably do flat mirrors.

 

That's a little too political for me to touch, but yeah, it sucks the swamp people in.

 

I couldn't resist

 

You forgot to change the date.

 

Hmm. I would hate spending this kind of money on coins that probably will go down in value... but I kinda want them! Might be in for one set.

 

That article really chapped my cheeks. Did you happen to read the comments at the bottom. It is like watching Jerry Springer.

 

And to those who can't get afford it.... they get screwed. Thanks US Mint

 

I think its funny, you talking about the Mint being greedy.

How many MoD sets did you buy?

 

This was my response on Facebook when CoinWorld asked this question

"Seems to me as if the mint is really trying to turn off collectors with these only issued in gold.

What they should do is make 250,000 of each to their original specs, and then disperse them throughout mint bags and rolls, etc. as randomly as possible.

Mix them into bags, rolls, mint sets, and a special set or two and you would have collectors enthused and clamoring all over the mints products. Buying up everything in hopes to find those rare pieces that are in circulation.

Instead the mint does the exact opposite. Disenfranchise collectors who can't afford these in gold and watch as more customers walk away.

This is the modern era, you have to excite people with more than the status quo, and while these designs are cool and all, the distribution methods are stuck in last decades model and pitching to the deep pocketed crowd isn't what's going to keep folks coming back. There's already enough of that in Washington."

 

I will say this though, a gold set with the Lady Liberty Spouses, the UHR, a Buffalo, the Kennedy, and now these 3 coins would be kind of cool looking.