Your Favorite US Commemorative Coin

hey bz...do you have a picture of one of those? If so please post it.

Thanks..

 

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Hey Ranchhand..

I remember when I just got out..that was 31 years ago...the funny thing is that I really never got over it at all..as soon as they released the design for the Marine Commem, I snatched the pic for my avitar..I do suppose that "Semper Fidelis" will always keep us Marines!
Great gift for your brother! Cudos to you Sir!!

 

Hello GDJ..and thanks for the link with the pic. That is a very striking coin! I am sure it is quite expensive as well. Did you ever own one of these before you got into World Gold?

 

Yep indeed..that is a league that I wish I could manage..perhpas if my powerball numbers ever came in I might give it a try. I just got my mint issued (purchased) 1996 D Smithsonian $1 Silver Unic back from PCGS..it came back a MS 70...Wowzer!!! I am a happy camper.

Wanted to ask you about some German Marks (Gold) thinking about getting a AU58 for my business partner he is a German Citizen as a holiday gift. Can you advise?

RickieB

 

I am really proud of my brother! he was a crew chief on a howitzer

He ended up in korea for a year past his discharge date because of kin jung "mentaly" il

His wife is a marine as well, my uncle is a marine, My dad was a hue door gunner in vietnam, I have two uncles that where in the army and one that was in the navy...

Unfortunatly i could not serve because of a heart condition i was born with ;(

I am really hoping that they do some kind of commem. program that honors ALL branches of the armed service ( and police and fireman while they are at it!)

 

Hey Ranchhand..

Thats cool..sounds like a Military family..check out the 2005 red book page #281 fot the Law Enforcement Commem..pages 275 and 276 for Military Commems pg 277 for Civil War Commems... vey cool stuff..

 

Commems are wonderful to collect, particularly the old ones. I'm trying to complete the California commen set which includes;

1. Bay Bridge
2. San Diego
3. Panama Pacific
4. Monroe Doctrine
5. California Jubilee

I want to get Monroe and CJ soon. I have others and I like to collect them at a casual pace. Other commens I like are the Norfolk, Texas, and Grant. I did a presentation on early commems at a coin club meeting last year, and I think it was well received. We stired up some interest.

As for the modern commems, that's just not my bag...

 

I dream of getting a Monroe Doctrine with a REALLY good strike, I think the design on the reverse is one of the most artistic and cool ever...

I wish i had a picture of one, its basicly the americas ( north and south ) made out of female figures, its not obvious at first but once you notice it... its so cool!

 

Found an image of one on google image search:

 

thanks ranchhand, that's a nice picture of the Monroe. I think out of all the commems, the history of the Monroe is the most interesting. It was minted to honor not particularly the Monroe Doctrine, but a Hollywood Film Festival. Thus, the interesting reverse and the words "Los Angeles" on the bottom. From previous reading, I believe the film festival was held at Exposition Park, just south of USC (my graduate alma mater). It's a beautiful park.

There were many Monroe commens that were circulated. You can buy a Monroe commen in VF to XF from $20 to $40. But for an MS65 - whoa Nellie!! That's in the $4000 range. There's also ansteep exponentially high prise rise from MS60 to MS65. Just adding most interest to this fascinating coin.

 

Thanks for the info! thats really cool!
I am sticking to the MS-63 range for my commems, higher when i can afford it

for the SUPER expensive commems i will be happy with really nice AU coins.

 

Again to all that have posted on this thread THANKS.... for the info,pics and histroy..keep them coming. And for Dimedude..would it be possible for you to transpose that presentation on the commem's for this thread? I know I am asking alot and it may be too much, but if possible could you?
All in favor to see it say ..Ahh come on Dimedude,post it!

 

I am an avid collector of modern commemorative silver dollars. I have at least one of every one minted. I like the Marine Corps dollar. It has a simple, clean design.
I read the other day that newly commisioned naval officers (Annapolis) give a silver dollar to the first person that salutes them. ( a real silver dollar, not SBA's or Esienhower). I was so impressed with that tradition that the first Marine officer I meet, I am going to shake his hand, thank him (or her) for their service to this country and present them the new Marine Corps 230th anniversary silver dollar as a token of my heartfelt appreciation of all that they do.
The marines always get the dirty end of everything.
It's the least I can do.

 

This thread made me look at the commemoratives, modern and older, really for the first time. They're pretty nice and have an interesting variety, so I'm considering starting a collection, or at least acquiring a couple to take a closer look. It looks like it would be a nice break from the usual date and mintmark or type collections.

But once again, the market looks pretty efficient, and nothing appears to be a bargain taking condition and rarity into account. Darn collectors don't miss a thing. Some of the $5 gold coins look like they are priced to be a good alternative to a gold bullion coin investment however.

Interestingly, the modern slabbed commems seem more expensive than the coins in the original mint packaging, even though the unslabbed coins are probably in extremely good condition.

 

most of the modern gold commems can be had for near melt, i think they are the definition of sleeper!

 

That's what I'm thinking, Ranchhand. I guess about $125 for a common $5 commem is a pretty decent deal as both a collection to enjoy and investment to benefit from if you can find them in that range. I don't know how others define "near melt," but I think 20-25% is about right.

 

Hey Guys..you can find a pretty good selection at the following auction site as well as most other denominations...www.teletrade.com

I have been adding select modern commems and the most recent one I had put in a coffin by PCGS was the 1996D Smithsonian Unic..it came back a 70..as I always say..WOWZER Bowzer!! What a bone..