I'm curious after the WWII ASE today....

Medals don't generate as much interest in general, just the way it goes.

Most everyone looks at it and says "I'm a buyer but only if I can flip it".
The issue comes with the next question, "can I flip it?" Will there be buyers that want it and enough demand or is it a $5-$10 gain or break even proposition?

With silver or gold American Eagles that a no brainer, but with medals it's hit or miss, and when most of the dealers are leaving them alone for the home shopping networks to buy up to pawn off on impulse shoppers, it doesn't seem like there's gonna be much of a win there at all for most folks looking for a quick flip double up.

I won't say it's a dud, but I'd say the reward likely won't be worth the effort.

I think the V75 silver eagle sold out as fast as it did because people think it's gonna sell like hotcakes for christmas. I'm not sure that's gonna materialize with the mintage but buyers will make their money back and a tidy profit (has to be at least double minimum I'd think) due to the popularity of silver American Eagles in general.

 

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The vast majority of collectors value coins way over medals. The medal could be struck on an American Silver Eagle planchet and have the same size and weight, but if it doesn't have "$1", "ONE DOLLAR" or "ONE DOL." on it, most collectors are not interested. This is true, even if the mintage is small.

Therefore, no, this medal will not be a big deal.

 

It's also the first privy with a relatively low mintage of a super popular series and really a meaningful privy at that.

Given the history of modern mint medals (theres what 1 or two that were winners) you almost always can get it cheaper or at least have your pick of a nice one on the after market. The design doesn't exactly scream must buy either

 

Which brings us to the Mayflower set.........

I'm not feeling this set either, but I'm not into medals so, I'm a bit biased.
It's low mintage, but I think it's priced high, and the "coin" being a £2 coin isn't that appealing to American collectors.
I'm guessing the U.S, got 9200 of them to sell, and the UK has the other 5000 units to sell over there?
Kind of worse than the pride of two nations set from last year in my opinion, but who knows, maybe there's some big UK collectors market for that coin.... I dunno.

 

Yeah, the two-coin set caught my attention, and I was surprised to see that one wasn't a US coin. I'm sure it's a fine coin, but I don't collect non-US stuff.

 

The mint website got overloaded again. I had one of each of the coins in the cart (bag) yesterday at 12:01..., the site kept crashing as I tried to pay and then the coins were gone.
I tried to call: busy, busy, busy....

 

Nice read everyone. I enjoy all of the opinions, thanks. Be safe

 

Darn, they should have put Colonel Flagg on the reverse then.

 

Lol, I'd of preferred Cap'n Crunch

 

The 2.5 ounce medal struck my fancy, so I bought it. You should only buy what you like. I just couldn't find myself buying the ASE or AGE just because it has a 75 on them. People are going crazy over something that will have a short life of caring. If you got one, great for you. If you didn't, don't worry about it unless you're trying to buy every ASE/AGE the Mint issues.