Gold Commems

These were minted before I became "numismatically active"...

Grant Wood looks like Radar O'Reilly...and Mark Twain looks like Hillary Clinton with a whisk-broom mustache.

Date......Design........................Oz.....Mintage......Melted........Supply

1980.....Grant Wood..................1.....313,000.....47,000......266,000
1980.....Marian Anderson.........1/2....280,000.....42,000 .....238,000
1981.....Mark Twain..................1......116,000.....10,000......106,000
1981.....Willa Cather................1/2.......97,000.......8,000........89,000
1982.....Louis Armstrong...........1.......409,000....341,000.......68,000
1982.....Frank Lloyd Wright.....1/2.....348,000....290,500.......57,500
1983.....Robert Frost.................1.......391,000....342,500.......48,500
1983.....Alexander Calder........1/2........75,000......63,000.......12,000
1984.....Helen Hayes.................1..........34,000......34,000................0
1984.....John Steinbeck............1/2........33,000......33,000................0

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I'm not sure if these are it, but weren't some of these Postal Issues where they were sold at the Post Offices?

 

Thanks for posting this info!

It's funny how you sniff out those FS comments anywhere they pop up. LOL! :smile I quite like the Arts Medals but haven't ever sought them out for myself. I hope your ladies fair better than the artists.

Does anyone have a definitive source of info on these coins? (preferably online?) These coins fall before the 1985 gold coin legislation, the eagle program inception and all that follows in modern gold/silver commemorative coins since then, yet coming from the US Mint, they are not covered in current editions of the Red Book... and why? just because they are technically 'medals' and not "coins" ...yet they're commemorative falling between the classic and modern era.

I'm just wondering if anyone has a decent source of info to point me to online about this series? Info seems scant at best from my searches.

Thanks.

 

Here's a link, something about it looks very familiar....


http://www.williamyoungerman.com/bullion/bullion.htm

Just messing with you, YP...

 

Decent source to be sure. It seems that nothing has been written regarding modern mint medals. Everything that I come across ends in the '70's.

 

Thanks. It's like deja vu I was trying to locate info on the US Mint web site. I don't know why they don't have older series in a search-able database on their site. Wiki doesn't even seem to have pages for these coins.

 

I know, right! It's miserable of the mint not to have info on their own site about series they issued in the 'modern' era!

 

I either made a post or commented in a post about these commems a few years ago.

I had to have all the rarest ones out there. Mainly the 95-96 olympic uncirculated & the Capital visitors center unc., Smithsonian, etc.

I was fortunate enough to "SEE" that these were going up in price. I picked up 4 Capital Visitors Bu coins for less than $500. And all of the rarest ones except good ol Jackie Robinson. I sold the Capital Visitor coins when they hit $1800 in the Greysheet. Of course The most I received was $1300. A few of the others I made a nice profit on. But, way too expensive now to buy and expect to make a profit. I seen a Jackie Robinson Ms69 go for $2500 recently. About half of what the Greysheet says.

All of the others that sell around bullion, I would be picking up. Especially the ones minted after 2001. (Uncirculated). I guarantee that they will appreciate.
I get tired of looking at just plain old bullion Eagles, and like the variety that the commems bring. ( not that I have much bullion lol).

My point is they WILL bring larger premiums if not double or triple their bullion content. But will take at least 5-8 years. They will eventually catch on, & when they do, HOLD ON FOR THE RIDE!!