I’ve started another album— 1st spouse medals.

kiyote

This probably won’t get too many likes but they actually all do look pretty cool together. I am missing the pricier of the issues so I will just have to bite the bullet to complete this album at some point.

jmski52

I agree - they look pretty cool!

U1chicago

Nice!
One strategy is to look for lots or even slabbed ones. I once got a chunk of the set all in PCGS holders for very little as the auction lot was overlooked. I decided against completing the set, but it is a fun project (and more affordable than the gold versions).

Hydrant

I like your collection. My guess is that you are a student of the antebellum period in American history....... I have a similar set. I paid too much for the Jefferson, Jackson, and Van Buren. In gold. No regrets! Sometimes you just got to do what you want to do! Your set is wonderful!

kiyote

@Hydrant said:
I like your collection. My guess is that you are a student of the antebellum period in American history....... I have a similar set. I paid too much for the Jefferson, Jackson, and Van Buren. In gold. No regrets! Sometimes you just got to do what you want to do! Your set is wonderful!

It is really neat to see all the designs. And that is one of my favorite history periods. I bet the Van Buren in gold is stunning!

kiyote

@U1chicago said:
Nice!
One strategy is to look for lots or even slabbed ones. I once got a chunk of the set all in PCGS holders for very little as the auction lot was overlooked. I decided against completing the set, but it is a fun project (and more affordable than the gold versions).

Thanks— I’ll have to give that a try. I have all of them except for the key date sets of 2013 and 2014. If I remember right 2014 was only on sales for what seemed like a couple of months.

Jimnight

Looks impressive.

ricko

Nice looking set...Collect what interests you and not for the 'likes'....Cheers, RickO

U1chicago

@kiyote said:

@U1chicago said:
Nice!
One strategy is to look for lots or even slabbed ones. I once got a chunk of the set all in PCGS holders for very little as the auction lot was overlooked. I decided against completing the set, but it is a fun project (and more affordable than the gold versions).

Thanks— I’ll have to give that a try. I have all of them except for the key date sets of 2013 and 2014. If I remember right 2014 was only on sales for what seemed like a couple of months.

Yep the 2014 was available for a short time. Then it was available a few months later for just one day.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2014-first-spouse-medal-set-back-on-sale--briefly.html.

And an article from when they were released:
https://mintnewsblog.com/2014-first-spouse-bronze-medal-set/

bramn8r

I just started adding the First Spouse bronze medals to my "100 Greatest Women on Coins" set in set registry. It's a lot less expensive than gold first spouse coins. How many 2013 sets were minted? 7500?

djm

Who makes the album? It looks rather nice.

U1chicago

@bramn8r said:
I just started adding the First Spouse bronze medals to my "100 Greatest Women on Coins" set in set registry. It's a lot less expensive than gold first spouse coins. How many 2013 sets were minted? 7500?

The 2014 had 7,500 which quickly sold out. A few months later another 3,150 were sold to give a total of 10,650.
The 2013 set sold out but I can't find any record of how many were sold (the mint might not have reported the number).

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2014-first-spouse-medal-set-back-on-sale--briefly.html

291fifth

There is nothing wrong with collecting medals. Your set will probably look very impressive in that album.

U1chicago

@djm said:
Who makes the album? It looks rather nice.

Looks like one of these Whitman Albums:
https://whitman.com/first-spouse-presidential-medals-album/

kiyote

@djm said:
Who makes the album? It looks rather nice.

It’s a Whitman album, I think it ran about $23.

bramn8r

Those 2013 Medals are averaging $150-ish on ebay

bramn8r

update: medals are not allowed in the set registry "100 Greatest Women on Coins" It's a rich man's set.

MsMorrisine

https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/20131211-united-states-mint-opens-sales-for-first-spouse-gold-coin-and-bronze-medals-december-16

https://www.coinnews.net/2013/12/16/2013-first-spouse-bronze-five-medal-set/

https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/mint-stats-buyers-find-gold-in-baseball-offering

Coinscratch

They look great against the black.

coinsarefun

I thought about doing an album of these long back and haven’t done it yet.
It’s about the only one I wanted to do an album off. Otherwise I’m a type collector.
Nice!

CaptHenway

Are any of the bronze medals worth anything? My first wife collected women on coins, and when the First Spouses started I was putting away a Proof gold of each and my wife a BU gold of each just as a way of accumulating gold, and since they were in the SDB I also got her the bronze medals in the Whitman album that she could keep at home and look at. Then she died and I got rid of everything, but I think I have a few of the medals in a box somewhere.

MsMorrisine

yeah, the 2013 and 2014 have low mintages.

erwindoc

That's a nice looking set in an album! Might have to consider that one one day.

coinsarefun

@MsMorrisine said:
yeah, the 2013 and 2014 have low mintages.

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Wow, had no idea these years went for so much money

bsshog40

Pretty cool. I started these in 2007 and I have thru 2011. I gave up on them after that.