Yes there are others like it in the area but the one I'm pointing to is more pronounced, I saw it right away with the naked eye. The other one with the spot on the reverse has the same marks but not as bad as the other, so reading what TX15FX4 wrote maybe they ALL have those same marks, but my one in the picture is much worse than the other. If it is the case they are mostly all like that I will keep the one that does not have the spot on reverse, (actually looking at it with a loupe it is a tiny gouge).
Six days of Mint sales and still not sold out. I'm going to revise my initial estimate of sets that were cancelled when flippers realized the set would not be an instant sellout from 10,000 to 20,000. Now we know that 15k is too few and 50k is too many. Where's the sweet spot, making both collectors and flippers happy?
The obverse of the medal has a texture to it... almost leather looking. I think it looks really nice. It is not a scratch
I think it is fairly evident it is supposed to look like this. To me it looks almost like a hand chiseled table would look... almost hand carved or something. I think it is a very nice look. The reverse is smooth, but the obverse has the slightest design in it. If you do not look carefully, you might mistake one or two of the bigger lines as a scratch, but they are not.
These pics are fascinating. I have 2 Kennedy sets coming in an order with about 5 other items in it, one of which is the small bronze version of the Kennedy medal. Can't wait to "side-by-side" them. The cool thing about these is they are from ASE-intended and specified blanks.
Great pictures, I will agree, that is what mine look like, at least one of them, but the other one I point to with the red arrows has a scratch, and the nick on the reverse so at least one will be sent back. I don't know if I should ask for a replacement or money back. I'll try for a replacement I guess, "if there is any left by the time they get my return". if there is a problem I can send it back again. Thank you for the great pictures....
The Kennedy Coin & Chronicles Set was a much-hyped release, anticipated for both its contents and its position as a follow-up to the brief and exasperating debuts of its predecessors, the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin & Chronicles Sets. The Truman and Eisenhower sets sold most of their 17,000-set allotment within 15 minutes of their releases, prompting to the mint to bump the Kennedy set’s mintage limit from a relatively high 25,000 units to an even larger 50,000. Prior to the set’s release, a Coin Update poll on the increased mintage limit showed that the largest percentage of voters felt the mint had gone too far by offering 50,000 of the Kennedy C&C issue. And since the set is still available a week after its release, they may have been right, especially for those who hoped high demand would mean a significant and timely appreciation of the sets’ value, as we’ve seen for the Truman and Eisenhower releases. From the mint’s perspective, however, they may have hit an ideal mark. The set sold 40,000 units in its first hour and 45,613 its first day. There has been enough inventory for serious collectors and flippers, with some time to spare for the casual buyer. Yet the set won’t languish for months on the mint’s Web site, waiting for its inventory to be slowly depleted. The full sales report will be available tomorrow, but new figures show that the 2015 John F. Kennedy Coin & Chronicles Set sold 48,462 units as of Sunday. The mint’s product page for the item will read “Unavailable” or “Sold Out” any time now.
As time goes on they will never be as valuable as the other two sets and there in defeats the Kennedy legacy over the other two. Yes, good for the mint to make more money. The problem there is that the mint isn't a private or public business that needs to make money for it's investors or private owner. Basically just a government hobby for some and the printer of gov't money. Profit is the last thing they take serious, although they would categorically deny such. I wouldn't doubt they run on a deficit just like all govt entities... The money from each goes to paid friends with contracts...