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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benveniste, post: 1063414, member: 25547&quot;]Um, either like 5 ounces of silver in a plastic capsule or a too-thin, too-dense hockey puck.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some quasi-serious first impressions:</p><p><br /></p><p>-- These coins show evidence of careful handling.&nbsp; Kudos to the mint production team.</p><p>-- The Reverse is a dud in large size.&nbsp; Washington&#039;s Spaghetti hair doesn&#039;t look any better in jumbo size.</p><p>-- The Obverses show a lot of detail that would get lost in a standard size circulating coin.&nbsp; Unlike the obverse, to my eye it appears that the designers are a) creating designs on a computer screen instead of at scale, and b) are relying on proof contrast to make up for the lack of relief in modern U.S. coinages.</p><p>-- The Edge Lettering takes up only a small portion of the edge.&nbsp; On all 5 of my coins, the lettering is placed so it&#039;s right side up when the Obverse (parks) side is up.</p><p>-- There&nbsp; are three vertical lines on the edge of each coin showing where the collars came&nbsp; together.</p><p>-- If the mint also tried to do relief to scale, it doesn&#039;t show to my middle-aged eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I have the coins in hand, I&#039;ll make my prediction on where I expect the long term prices to settle out.&nbsp; If the Mint keeps with the 3-inch format, then they&#039;ll trade in the range of 150-225% of bullion value, with the &quot;numismatic&quot; coins trading at slightly more than that.&nbsp; If the Mint elects to reduce the size of later coins to 2.5&quot; as Congress has now allowed them to do, they&#039;ll trade at at 200-300% of bullion value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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