@BackroadJunkie Thanks for these weekly updates. Still checking since I am still waiting on my BO puck and it appears they are still trickling out. Last update was 28, so 4 a day.
Hmm... wait, most gov does not work weekends, 5 days, 5.6 per day; but probably all done on one day until something broke.
I grabbed one of the Half Dollar sets this morning. Not sure how many they had - I placed my order and then they were gone... I will report back what sleeve I get when I receive the set...
@DotStore said:
I grabbed one of the Half Dollar sets this morning. Not sure how many they had - I placed my order and then they were gone... I will report back what sleeve I get when I receive the set...
@DotStore said:
I grabbed one of the Half Dollar sets this morning. Not sure how many they had - I placed my order and then they were gone... I will report back what sleeve I get when I receive the set...
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Missed it!
And I was on the Mint’s site this AM, but did not think to check for these.
I ordered my gold proof 30 min after they went on sale and was fortunate to get a PF70. I'd like to add a PF70 5oz silver puck but at this point I'll wait until the next FUN show. Factoring in the cost to get graded, the markup is already under $40 for these on Ebay.
@matt_dac said:
I ordered my gold proof 30 min after they went on sale and was fortunate to get a PF70. I'd like to add a PF70 5oz silver puck but at this point I'll wait until the next FUN show. Factoring in the cost to get graded, the markup is already under $40 for these on Ebay.
I was going to type that I am glad I’m done with it all but then I remember I still have a BO puck from way back when. No idea why I don’t cancel. Glutton for punishment.
@DotStore said:
That free shipping is costing me a fortune! I tell myself it's ok to order one set at $53.95 because I get "Free Shipping" LOL
Finally got my Apollo 11 commemorative coins back from PCGS Grading... I sent in 4 of the 5 oz. Silver Dollars and a pair of the $5 gold coins, one proof and one uncirculated. If you have about 7 minutes to kill, you can see how I did here, ha!
I enjoyed the entire video! It was fun (from a viewer point of view) to wait in anticipation on what grades you got. That double holder looks great holding both gold coins!
@drei3ree said:
Watched the video...and cringed at the way you used that knife!
The dangerous combination of a dull knife and using it while looking through the view finder of the camera!
Still... the suspense. There were two things that seem to catch everyone’s attention.
-what is the grade of the coins? Almost everyone on this forum goes through the anticipation (dread?) of waiting for their grades (over and over again). Oh, the relief and happiness when you see 70!
-will this be the first grade reveal vid with bloodletting? That would unique and might prove to be educational. We could find out how well sealed the slabs are as the blood spurts all over them as the grades are revealed. Part II: After the cutaway we see a well bandaged hand and cleaned up slabs and find that the slabs... Part III: To be continued.
I just finally got my 2nd Priceless Apollo 11 poster from the Mint after the USPS for some reason when it arrived in my home town of Kenai on the 15th. Some smart postal person decided to send it out to our Capitol of Juneau some 1005 Miles away. I just finally got it today after it took them an additional 17 days to send it back and it looks a bit bent and beat up. Do you think the Priceless poster is wrinkled and BENT inside? Well there is no replacement if it is. Thanks USPS.
Hemispherical it would not of been so bad but it looked like some one shoved it into a small PO Box in Juneau. What can you do especially since they only made 8000 of these. One day I will open the letter, but still hoping to get it in a PCGS 1st Strike Apollo 11 Counterfeit Proof Encased Custom Poster Slab!!!!
The Joint US Mint and Royal Australian Mint Apollo coin set is out!
Cost is about $149 USD (including international shipping). Do not know if it varies from state to state. I have placed my order and received a confirmation email and the "Sales Order Acknowledgement" PDF.
Pic's below are from RAM. The mintage limit for the set is 10,000.
Shipping ("dispatch" on the RAM website) date is 5 Jun 2019. Basically, this is a pre-order.
@Hemispherical said:
Edit to add: Did you notice the address in the acknowledgement form does not have the city?
I did not see that till I checked at your mention. The Zip Code is correct on the confirmation. Checking the Order Summery on the Mint's site I see the state shows OK. Odd but I'm confident the coins will arrive with no problems. Pretty sure they handle lots of orders from the US.
Found an article about the release of the joint US & RAM mint’s coin set.
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Joint U.S. and Australia 50th Anniversary Moon Landing Set Available
Posted by Mike Unser
“Ordering opened Monday, May 6, for the joint Royal Australian Mint and United States Mint product containing a 2019 Apollo 11 clad half dollar and a 2019 $5 Moon Landing 1oz silver coin.
Limited to a set mintage of 10,000 pieces, both of the included coins are domed shaped, struck in collector proof finish, and commemorate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first landing on the Moon.
The historic feat happened on July 20, 1969. With the assistance of Australia’s CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, millions around the world watched Apollo 11 crew mates Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin, Jr. walk on the Moon.”
A new spherical tribute coin out of Barbados in an MCM email. https://youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=JIBMXOpUbZc The sphere features an all-over pattern representing the moon's signature cratered surface, with the reverse incused with the distinctive impression from an astronaut's boot. The Coat of Arms of Barbados appears on the obverse, encircled by the inscriptions "BARBADOS," "1 OZ," "5 DOLLARS," "AG 999" and the date "2019" divided by the emblem.
Year of Issue: 2019
Grading Service: Uncertified
Grade: GEM BU
Finish: Antiqued
Composition: Silver
Purity: 0.999
Display Weight: 1 oz
Weight in Grams: 31.1035 g
Weight in Ounces: 1 oz
Diameter: 33 mm
Shape: Spherical
Country: Barbados
Legal Tender: Barbados
Currency: Dollar
Denomination: 5
Mintage: 1,969
Obverse Design: Barbados Coat of Arms
Reverse Design: Boot Print on the Moon
While unique I'm am only thinking of getting this - 70/30 against. It's expensive as you'd expect.
Price: $169.00
Wire / eCheck: $164.01
Have I reached my limit of Apollo coins ? Probably.
To mark the 50th anniversary of this first Moon landing, the U.S. Postal Service will issue two forever stamps to celebrate this historic moment. One stamp features Armstrong’s iconic photograph of Aldrin in his spacesuit on the surface of the Moon. The other stamp, a photograph of the moon taken in 2010 by Gregory H. Revera from his home in Madison, Alabama, shows the landing site of the lunar module, Eagle, in the Sea of Tranquility. The site is indicated on the stamp by a dot. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp art.
The first day of issue event for the stamps is free and open to the public with paid admission to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), on Friday, July 19, 2019, at 11 a.m. EDT at the Apollo Saturn V Center (requiring bus transport from the KSCVC), at Space Commerce Way, Merritt Island,
@matt_dac said:
I wonder if gold proofs will crack the 30,000 barrier by year end...
Who knows? As one of the most significant and most attractives $5 commeratives put out by the USM, count me in for a MS along with the PR version albeit on the secondary market!
Has anyone had their back ordered 5 oz arrive yet? I ordered on 2-2 and was given a 10-15 date. About a month ago the Mint changed it to 6-10 and then said they were shipped on 5-21. I checked the new delivery date for an order and it says 7-21; they must be stocking up on the blanks finally. I wonder if it will ever sell out after such a first day sale?
@Quake17 said:
Has anyone had their back ordered 5 oz arrive yet? I ordered on 2-2 and was given a 10-15 date. About a month ago the Mint changed it to 6-10 and then said they were shipped on 5-21. I checked the new delivery date for an order and it says 7-21; they must be stocking up on the blanks finally. I wonder if it will ever sell out after such a first day sale?
Last call I made in ref to the Apollo pucks I was told they were allocated a certain number per month to fill the backlog. Still waiting.
@Quake17 said:
Has anyone had their back ordered 5 oz arrive yet? I ordered on 2-2 and was given a 10-15 date. About a month ago the Mint changed it to 6-10 and then said they were shipped on 5-21. I checked the new delivery date for an order and it says 7-21; they must be stocking up on the blanks finally. I wonder if it will ever sell out after such a first day sale?
@Quake17 said:
Has anyone had their back ordered 5 oz arrive yet? I ordered on 2-2 and was given a 10-15 date. About a month ago the Mint changed it to 6-10 and then said they were shipped on 5-21. I checked the new delivery date for an order and it says 7-21; they must be stocking up on the blanks finally. I wonder if it will ever sell out after such a first day sale?
I got my backorder a few weeks ago. The box and the coin was very loose. I don't know how the mint handles returns and cancelled orders, but the coin I got didn't feel like a newly minted/packaged coin. It felt like I got a coin that was returned. I returned the coin as it wasn't what I expected.
The set is restricted to an issue of 100,000 sets. Approximately 70,000 sets with the misprinted artistic credits were shipped to customers.
and
Customers who received a 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Proof Half Dollar set and want a replacement sleeve can contact the Mint directly at 1-800-872-6468.
I had three or four orders. Need to look them up...
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@BackroadJunkie Thanks for these weekly updates. Still checking since I am still waiting on my BO puck and it appears they are still trickling out. Last update was 28, so 4 a day.
Hmm... wait, most gov does not work weekends, 5 days, 5.6 per day; but probably all done on one day until something broke.
I grabbed one of the Half Dollar sets this morning. Not sure how many they had - I placed my order and then they were gone... I will report back what sleeve I get when I receive the set...
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Missed it!
And I was on the Mint’s site this AM, but did not think to check for these.
I ordered my gold proof 30 min after they went on sale and was fortunate to get a PF70. I'd like to add a PF70 5oz silver puck but at this point I'll wait until the next FUN show. Factoring in the cost to get graded, the markup is already under $40 for these on Ebay.
That free shipping is costing me a fortune! I tell myself it's ok to order one set at $53.95 because I get "Free Shipping" LOL
I was going to type that I am glad I’m done with it all but then I remember I still have a BO puck from way back when. No idea why I don’t cancel. Glutton for punishment.
I thought I was the only one to use that excuse.
Finally got my Apollo 11 commemorative coins back from PCGS Grading... I sent in 4 of the 5 oz. Silver Dollars and a pair of the $5 gold coins, one proof and one uncirculated. If you have about 7 minutes to kill, you can see how I did here, ha!
I love the PCGS dual coin holders, the pair of gold coins looks great in one of those!
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
Thanks @illini420 for your reveal vid. PCGS always does great packing.
Congrats on the grades. Not saying so others will need to watch.
Watched the video...and cringed at the way you used that knife!
The dangerous combination of a dull knife and using it while looking through the view finder of the camera!
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
I enjoyed the entire video! It was fun (from a viewer point of view) to wait in anticipation on what grades you got. That double holder looks great holding both gold coins!
Still... the suspense. There were two things that seem to catch everyone’s attention.
-what is the grade of the coins? Almost everyone on this forum goes through the anticipation (dread?) of waiting for their grades (over and over again). Oh, the relief and happiness when you see 70!
-will this be the first grade reveal vid with bloodletting? That would unique and might prove to be educational. We could find out how well sealed the slabs are as the blood spurts all over them as the grades are revealed. Part II: After the cutaway we see a well bandaged hand and cleaned up slabs and find that the slabs... Part III: To be continued.
I received the corrected sleeves for the Half Dollar Set
I just finally got my 2nd Priceless Apollo 11 poster from the Mint after the USPS for some reason when it arrived in my home town of Kenai on the 15th. Some smart postal person decided to send it out to our Capitol of Juneau some 1005 Miles away. I just finally got it today after it took them an additional 17 days to send it back and it looks a bit bent and beat up. Do you think the Priceless poster is wrinkled and BENT inside? Well there is no replacement if it is. Thanks USPS.
@Gluggo
Your Apollo print took the long route. Did it go by boat to Juneau and back?
That’s over 25 days of transit time. Ouch!
Hemispherical it would not of been so bad but it looked like some one shoved it into a small PO Box in Juneau. What can you do especially since they only made 8000 of these. One day I will open the letter, but still hoping to get it in a PCGS 1st Strike Apollo 11 Counterfeit Proof Encased Custom Poster Slab!!!!
New Moneyfactory product added to the schedule:
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Currency Set (B15054)
No official details yet.
Wonder what the number combo is going to be?
July 16, 1969: Launch
July 20, 1969: Landing
Or time of landing?
Or time of launch?
Or time of first step?
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html
Going to get this, thanks @BackroadJunkie for the heads-up!
The Joint US Mint and Royal Australian Mint Apollo coin set is out!
Cost is about $149 USD (including international shipping). Do not know if it varies from state to state. I have placed my order and received a confirmation email and the "Sales Order Acknowledgement" PDF.
Pic's below are from RAM. The mintage limit for the set is 10,000.
Shipping ("dispatch" on the RAM website) date is 5 Jun 2019. Basically, this is a pre-order.
Here's the link: https://eshop.ramint.gov.au/50th-Anniversary-of-the-Lunar-Landing-Two-Coin-Set/10283.aspx
@BackroadJunkie @Kudbegud Heads-up since you asked.
@Hemispherical
Thanks! You are the best.
Got my order in and confirmed like you.
BTW - I did the currency conversion and got Au$ 212.27, coins and postage, comes out to $148.84 US$. The cost you show is Australian Dollars.
Thanks! Thought it was already converted but when it hit the CC it is the amount you stated. Going to go fix the post.
Edit to add: Did you notice the address in the acknowledgement form does not have the city?
I did not see that till I checked at your mention. The Zip Code is correct on the confirmation. Checking the Order Summery on the Mint's site I see the state shows OK. Odd but I'm confident the coins will arrive with no problems. Pretty sure they handle lots of orders from the US.
Other RAM Apollo coins based upon the same design as the joint US & RAM set (see above post, or https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/12319313/#Comment_12319313).
Note: They are sold separately. Not a set.
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Gold $100 coin. Premium is a bit high for 1 oz of Au. About $1,781.61 USD.
https://eshop.ramint.gov.au/50th-Anniversary-of-the-Lunar-Landing/10139.aspx
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Nickel Plated Silver $5 coin. About $95.62 USD.
https://eshop.ramint.gov.au/50th-Anniversary-of-the-Lunar-Landing/10132.aspx
Doing things a bit backwards.
Found an article about the release of the joint US & RAM mint’s coin set.
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Joint U.S. and Australia 50th Anniversary Moon Landing Set Available
Posted by Mike Unser
“Ordering opened Monday, May 6, for the joint Royal Australian Mint and United States Mint product containing a 2019 Apollo 11 clad half dollar and a 2019 $5 Moon Landing 1oz silver coin.
Limited to a set mintage of 10,000 pieces, both of the included coins are domed shaped, struck in collector proof finish, and commemorate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first landing on the Moon.
The historic feat happened on July 20, 1969. With the assistance of Australia’s CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, millions around the world watched Apollo 11 crew mates Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin, Jr. walk on the Moon.”
More at: http://www.coinnews.net/2019/05/07/joint-u-s-and-australia-50th-anniversary-moon-landing-set-available/
May 5 numbers courtesy of the US Mint. Full sales data can be found in post 3 of this thread.
https://www.thespaceshop.com/ap50comug.html
Insert witicism here. [ xxx ]
From the same site:
Only $10,000
https://www.thespaceshop.com/me25po.html
I had posted earlier that APMEX was the only authorized reseller of RAM products.
Well they have the 2-coin set available for pre-order. So you can now order from RAM or APMEX.
RAM link above and APMEX link below.
https://www.apmex.com/product/191699/2019-2-coin-domed-apollo-11-moon-landing-50th-anniv-us-ram-set
APMEX has 421.
Mintage limit is 10,000. Well on it’s way to sellout.
May 12 & 19 sales number, courtesy of the US Mint. Full sales data can be found in post 3 of this thread.
The half sets have been stable now for a couple of weeks. Could they finally be done?
A new spherical tribute coin out of Barbados in an MCM email.
https://youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=JIBMXOpUbZc
The sphere features an all-over pattern representing the moon's signature cratered surface, with the reverse incused with the distinctive impression from an astronaut's boot. The Coat of Arms of Barbados appears on the obverse, encircled by the inscriptions "BARBADOS," "1 OZ," "5 DOLLARS," "AG 999" and the date "2019" divided by the emblem.
Year of Issue: 2019
Grading Service: Uncertified
Grade: GEM BU
Finish: Antiqued
Composition: Silver
Purity: 0.999
Display Weight: 1 oz
Weight in Grams: 31.1035 g
Weight in Ounces: 1 oz
Diameter: 33 mm
Shape: Spherical
Country: Barbados
Legal Tender: Barbados
Currency: Dollar
Denomination: 5
Mintage: 1,969
Obverse Design: Barbados Coat of Arms
Reverse Design: Boot Print on the Moon
While unique I'm am only thinking of getting this - 70/30 against. It's expensive as you'd expect.
Price: $169.00
Wire / eCheck: $164.01
Have I reached my limit of Apollo coins ? Probably.
I wonder if gold proofs will crack the 30,000 barrier by year end...
@Kudbegud Did a double-take! Thought it was the Death Star.
After the US/RAM set I’m probably done with Apollo coins, too. We’ll see...
The U.S. Postal Service is Issuing First Moon Landing Forever Stamps
https://nasa.gov/feature/the-us-postal-service-is-issuing-first-moon-landing-forever-stamps
To mark the 50th anniversary of this first Moon landing, the U.S. Postal Service will issue two forever stamps to celebrate this historic moment. One stamp features Armstrong’s iconic photograph of Aldrin in his spacesuit on the surface of the Moon. The other stamp, a photograph of the moon taken in 2010 by Gregory H. Revera from his home in Madison, Alabama, shows the landing site of the lunar module, Eagle, in the Sea of Tranquility. The site is indicated on the stamp by a dot. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp art.
The first day of issue event for the stamps is free and open to the public with paid admission to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), on Friday, July 19, 2019, at 11 a.m. EDT at the Apollo Saturn V Center (requiring bus transport from the KSCVC), at Space Commerce Way, Merritt Island,
Thanks for the heads-up @Kudbegud.
Who knows? As one of the most significant and most attractives $5 commeratives put out by the USM, count me in for a MS along with the PR version albeit on the secondary market!
Has anyone had their back ordered 5 oz arrive yet? I ordered on 2-2 and was given a 10-15 date. About a month ago the Mint changed it to 6-10 and then said they were shipped on 5-21. I checked the new delivery date for an order and it says 7-21; they must be stocking up on the blanks finally. I wonder if it will ever sell out after such a first day sale?
Last call I made in ref to the Apollo pucks I was told they were allocated a certain number per month to fill the backlog. Still waiting.
Yes, got one last week ordered around 1/25
My 2/2 order went from October shipping to June shipping to shipped yesterday
And more for you completionists....
arstechnica:LEGO released a new Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, and it looks pretty great
Only $99...
OT, on a related note, lol...
That’’s pretty cheap for Leggo’s. Looks nice. No, not going to get it.
I got my backorder a few weeks ago. The box and the coin was very loose. I don't know how the mint handles returns and cancelled orders, but the coin I got didn't feel like a newly minted/packaged coin. It felt like I got a coin that was returned. I returned the coin as it wasn't what I expected.
I think we'll see some increase in the orders for these coins in July when the July 20 anniversary date is being talked about all over the World.
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
Coin World is reporing about the replacement sleeves:
U.S. Mint provides product packaging to reflect correct engraving credits
and
I had three or four orders. Need to look them up...
Mint must have allocated some more $ for advertising. A 14-page catalog. Covers most of the 2019 Mint issued coins (and the 2018 AI).
The Australian / U.S. 2 coin set has shipped !
(The Australian Coin)
@Kudbegud
Wait, What? Did you get an email?
Going to check mine.