US Mint Mailer

Over the weekend I received a mailer from the US Mint. It was offering one ounce Presidential Medals, Washington and Adams first and also an anniversary Morgan dollar without the "one dollar." Is the Mint just trying to make money or do theses issues actually have some numismatic value?

 

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I don't think that that it could be the actual US Mint. I have never heard of an anniversary Morgan without a date

 

That sounds like an Oxymoron

 

I'm thinking it was a Liberty dollar medal. They are collectable and have a value. It's a gamble if it's value will ever go up.

 

Check out this thread
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mint-considering-gold-dollar-peace-and-morgan-medals.326401/

 

I have been collecting coins and stamps since 1948. I have almost everything from the 20th century and a good bunch from the 19th. The question "...is the mint just trying to make money?" Yes. I quit stamp collecting in 2002 and no longer buy new issues from the US Mint. USPS is printing nothing but 'wallpaper' and, the US mint is producing 'ballast'. Hundreds of new stamps and coins is difficult for anyone to keep up with. It is no fun anymore. Just very expensive.

 

This doesn't sound like the actual US Mint, rather some other "Mint" that is trying to sound like the US Mint. If that is the case, then this stuff is likely worthless.

 

In this era, one must usually resign oneself to not collecting everything, and instead concentrate on what one likes. I have decided to collect ONLY the U.S. Mint issues I like, starting with among the modern commemorative, I ONLY collect the Uncirculated versions, and never the proofs. The decision on what to leave mirrored usually confounds all sense anyway,

 

Not an oxymoron; that would be an incompatible description. A mint being interested in making money is an ironically stated redundancy.

 

I quit collecting stamps when it took an entire sheet to make a plate block.

 

Self-adhesives were my "bridge too far". My favorite stamp joke came from Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live some decades ago.

The story was that the Postal Service was issuing a commemorative stamp honoring prostitution. It's a 20-cent stamp that would not have any adhesive. If you want to lick it, it costs a quarter.

Now THAT'S funny!

 

Yes that is funny!

 

It could be the USMintMart (not associated with the USMint.gov) had some kind of "collection" which included a 1/2 oz "look-a-like" Morgan silver round.

Some 3rd party companies like to come out with ads somewhat duplicating US Mint announcements to get people to scam, I mean believe they are getting something they are not, or to advertise their similar offerings before something official is available.

You'll have to post a copy of the mailer that you had received.

 

I did recently get a holiday season mailing from the real mint, but not THAT recently, and I don't remember seeing a tribute Morgan.

 

The US Mint doesn't know where I live, thankfully.

 

Geographically or attitudinally, I'm guessing.

 

In the backyard dog house.
lol

 

I’m pretty sure the OP is talking about the new silver versions of the Presidential Medals. I bought the Washington and think it is very well done. They are like $40 each.

 

That's right.

 

The medals are under product schedule for 2018 and 2019. The Morgan was from the Mint in an opinion poll.