Anyone order one of these from the mint? New presidential medal series. Wondering with this one being the first if it maybe worth picking up? Saw it only has around a 11,000 montage right now, gonna be low
This medal looks nice being the first of series. I have the 1982 Washington comm Silver half dollar. This might be a good pickup to pair with it. What yalls thoughts?
I've seen quite a few of them. They tend to be very nice. Don't have the planchet issues or spot up like silver eagles do.
Checked the website. They say no limit on mintage. Are you basing the low mintage based on how many have been produced so far? Or how many have been sold? Or?
There have been 12,000 sold when I looked at the us mint sales can’t imagine the montage gets to 20,000 maybe 15,000
I am very disappointed in the first two medals of the series. It does not look as though any thought was given to the design of the series nor of a reason for issuing them starting now. We have seen the Geo. Washington obverse a hundred times before, most obviously from the quarter, an undraped Grecian style bust. John Adams is clothed in his obverse and the bust almost appears cartoonish. The date on Adams' medal uses A.D. as if collectors might confuse him with the Mesopotamian John Adams circa 1800 B.C.E. The "United States of America" lettering is in a different style on each medal, interrupted by the bust vs a continuous arc. And finally the reverse is totally uninspired. The Indian Peace Medal (handshake/peace pipe) image was last seen on the Lewis & Clark Journey of Discovery nickels in 2004 and doesn't represent any president except maybe Jefferson (he designed it). At least the mint could have used an image of the presidential seal like the reverse of the JFK half if they were too cheap to design a new image. That image (or variations of it) has represented the office of the president since at least 1850. Simplified versions were used to impress sealing wax on official presidential documents sent to congress prior to 1850. In summary, I will not be buying poorly designed, ill-conceived silver rounds at twice market value. Does anyone know if there was any enabling legislation authorizing the issuance of these medals? DWSchmidt
I'm in agreement with DWSchmidt regarding the poor obv/rev designs but I do like the burnished/matte finish and the smooth edge. Is it worth picking up? The fact that you're tracking stats suggests scarcity in this situation is important and that's as good a reason to buy as any. I know plenty of folk that buy anything George.. Adams, not so much.
