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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 853045, member: 18157"]The medals look very nice in that album! It would be nice if they came out with a new album that fixes the obvious problems.</p><p> </p><p>The 2007 set sold for $12.95 new, but sells for over $50 on eBay now. That's a much <a href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-spouse-bronze-medals-outperform.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-spouse-bronze-medals-outperform.html" rel="nofollow">better percentage return</a> than the gold coins. </p><p> </p><p>If you can get one of the Adams "mule" coins at a reasonable price, you should jump at it! They're down from their high of around $1000 each...as more have been discovered. </p><p> </p><p>I read there may have been as many as <b>2700</b> of these "mule" medals released. That's still not very many and would be a nice addition to anyone's collection if you can get one at a reasonable price. </p><p> </p><p>I would think $100-$200 is reasonable for anyone commited to collecting the series. I suspect the prices will go back up as the remaining "mule" medals make their way into the hands of collectors that are less willing to part with them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 853045, member: 18157"]The medals look very nice in that album! It would be nice if they came out with a new album that fixes the obvious problems. The 2007 set sold for $12.95 new, but sells for over $50 on eBay now. That's a much [URL="http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-spouse-bronze-medals-outperform.html"]better percentage return[/URL] than the gold coins. If you can get one of the Adams "mule" coins at a reasonable price, you should jump at it! They're down from their high of around $1000 each...as more have been discovered. I read there may have been as many as [B]2700[/B] of these "mule" medals released. That's still not very many and would be a nice addition to anyone's collection if you can get one at a reasonable price. I would think $100-$200 is reasonable for anyone commited to collecting the series. I suspect the prices will go back up as the remaining "mule" medals make their way into the hands of collectors that are less willing to part with them.[/QUOTE]
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