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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1308697, member: 19065"]<b>After reading this thread, I went through some of my old links and files today to revisit some of the news articles I followed on the 2009 UHR. I thought I'd put them together to share with this thread for some perspective on how far these coins have come since that one-year special issue coin was released. <span style="color: #0000cd"><i>Enjoy! </i></span> </b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/09/16/us-mint-2009-uhr-double-eagle-limits-lifted-sept-21/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/09/16/us-mint-2009-uhr-double-eagle-limits-lifted-sept-21/" rel="nofollow"><b>US Mint 2009 UHR Double Eagle Limits Lifted Sept. 21</b></a> from Coin News.net on September 16th 2009</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/13/final-us-mint-2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-sales-at-115k/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/13/final-us-mint-2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-sales-at-115k/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></b></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/13/final-us-mint-2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-sales-at-115k/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/13/final-us-mint-2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-sales-at-115k/" rel="nofollow">Final US Mint 2009 UHR $20 Gold Coin Sales at 115K</a></b> from Coin News.net on January 13th 2010</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/" rel="nofollow">2009 UHR $20 Gold Coin Values Robust </a> </b> from Coin News.net on February 19th 2010.<b><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/" rel="nofollow"></a></b></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></b></p><p>"By the 31st of December (2009), the last day in which the Mint was accepting orders for the UHRs, their $1,489 purchase price was the highest it had been all year — exactly three hundred dollars over where they started.<u><span style="color: #0000cd"> <b>Final sales figures show a total of 115,178 were sold.</b></span></u><b>"</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, <b>Coin World</b> (Amos Publishing) ran a story in the January 17th 2011 (Vol. 52, Issue 2649) issue titled, "<b>U.S. Mint will melt 85,000+ 2009 UHR coins. Fate of 62,240 UHR blanks to be determined."</b></p><p><br /></p><p>From the story (see attached image) There were over 67,240 <u>unstruck gold blanks</u> for the UHR coins left over and some <u>85,227 stamped coins</u> sitting at West Point Mint waiting to be melted down for other coin programs after the coins went off-sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]147167.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #008000"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #008000"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #008000"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #008000"><i>I didn't order my own UHR until October of 2009 after the price had moved up to $1489 above the initial offer price. I knew these one-year of issue special coins would continue to be great buys. Even buying late in the year I got a fantastic looking example. Many people said these coins would just be considered bullion someday. How glad am I to see that hasn't happened. </i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #008000"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #008000"><i>Still, I wouldn't sell mine... it's a beauty!</i></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Coins%20-%20US%20MInt/2009_UHR_duo_1600pxl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1308697, member: 19065"][B]After reading this thread, I went through some of my old links and files today to revisit some of the news articles I followed on the 2009 UHR. I thought I'd put them together to share with this thread for some perspective on how far these coins have come since that one-year special issue coin was released. [COLOR=#0000cd][I]Enjoy! [/I][/COLOR] [/B]:) [URL="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/09/16/us-mint-2009-uhr-double-eagle-limits-lifted-sept-21/"][B]US Mint 2009 UHR Double Eagle Limits Lifted Sept. 21[/B][/URL] from Coin News.net on September 16th 2009 [B][URL="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/13/final-us-mint-2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-sales-at-115k/"] Final US Mint 2009 UHR $20 Gold Coin Sales at 115K[/URL][/B] from Coin News.net on January 13th 2010 [B][URL="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/"]2009 UHR $20 Gold Coin Values Robust [/URL] [/B] from Coin News.net on February 19th 2010.[B][URL="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/02/19/2009-uhr-20-gold-coin-values/"] [/URL][/B] "By the 31st of December (2009), the last day in which the Mint was accepting orders for the UHRs, their $1,489 purchase price was the highest it had been all year — exactly three hundred dollars over where they started.[U][COLOR=#0000cd] [B]Final sales figures show a total of 115,178 were sold.[/B][/COLOR][/U][B]"[/B] Finally, [B]Coin World[/B] (Amos Publishing) ran a story in the January 17th 2011 (Vol. 52, Issue 2649) issue titled, "[B]U.S. Mint will melt 85,000+ 2009 UHR coins. Fate of 62,240 UHR blanks to be determined."[/B] From the story (see attached image) There were over 67,240 [U]unstruck gold blanks[/U] for the UHR coins left over and some [U]85,227 stamped coins[/U] sitting at West Point Mint waiting to be melted down for other coin programs after the coins went off-sale. [ATTACH]147167.vB[/ATTACH] [B][COLOR=#008000][I] I didn't order my own UHR until October of 2009 after the price had moved up to $1489 above the initial offer price. I knew these one-year of issue special coins would continue to be great buys. Even buying late in the year I got a fantastic looking example. Many people said these coins would just be considered bullion someday. How glad am I to see that hasn't happened. Still, I wouldn't sell mine... it's a beauty![/I][/COLOR][/B] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Coins%20-%20US%20MInt/2009_UHR_duo_1600pxl.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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