I agree it's not likely to happen. They may be well-intentioned, but they don't have much knowledge of numismatics and they don't seem to think...
I'm certainly not defending the legislative process that resulted in the coins being too large and too thin. But it would take a constitutional...
I was really getting at why is it necessary to melt silver at all to get investment value from it? Can't you just sell it to a precious metals...
You are entitled to your opinion, but I find the "it's not a coin, it's a [token, round, piece of junk]" mantra to be a bit tiresome. The US Mint...
How about Gainesville coins? Their behavior was worse. They quoted different customers different prices and raised their asking price 46% from...
These are a few of my favorites. It's very hard to pick just one. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] The dark brown cent is a "Booby Head". The...
Why would anyone melt a beautiful 5 oz. 0.999 silver coin? What would you turn it into, an ugly silver bar? It's already a silver bar, just in...
For me, the issue with these coins is not the silver content, but the fact that they are, by all accounts, stunningly beautiful and realize the...
I agree with the approach; the Royal Australian Mint has had mint-on-demand programs which eliminate the stampede aspect. However, bullion coins...
Gainesville has quoted people prices ranging from $1500 to $2195 today. Then the US Mint shut the whole thing down. Who knows what will happen next.
$9.75 per oz would be an enormous premium compared to the typical premium the mint charges authorized sellers for silver bullion coins. In...
It's being stated on another thread that the US Mint may cancel the current distribution plans for the ATB 5 oz. coins. Has anyone here heard...
I think that's the ship date for the ones they sold already.
It could be worse. Here's a 5 oz. silver coin offered by the Royal Canadian Mint for $419.95 Canadian. (oh and it's sold out, by the way)....
Gainesville called me a few minutes ago and they have raised their price to $1700 per set. The guy said the coins may not even make it to their...
I just got called by Gainesville and they offered me a price of $1700 per set.
Are you saying my Somalian guitar-shaped coins won't have enormous collector value years from now? :D
Having watched many US Mint releases before, dysfunction and confusion are fairly standard. The release of the First Spouse gold coins...
Some of them are fun and sometimes they fill an important gap. For example, the US Mint completely neglected to acknowledge the 40th anniversary...
Great story! It sounds like whoever donated this knew what it was worth.
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