Barbara Bush 2020 First Spouse Gold
Baycity
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August 20th
2000 uncirculated - 3000 proof.
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Baycity
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Ugh. More spot gold.
But, you got a pay the premium first to play.
I can hardly contain my excitement!
Welcome BayCity and I am interested in what caused you to make this your first post?!
Huge collector of Barbara Bush memorabilia?
since they didn't strike any President Bush Dollars why are they striking a Spouse coin??
@Baycity.... Welcome aboard... Does your post indicate you collect gold spouse coins?... Cheers, RickO
Maybe because she told him what to do
A mintage of 2000 uncirculated seems really low. What is the lowest first spouse uncirculated mintage so far?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
PerryHall... if my figures are correct, the B. Bush coin at 2,000 sold would not even make it into the top 10 lowest mintages. But, it is always possible the Mint does not sell out of the coin. Wondercoin
UNAUDITED NUMBERS...
2012 Alice Paul
Proof 3,505
Unc 2,798
2012 Frances Cleveland 1st
Proof 3,158
Unc 2,454
2012 Caroline Harrison
Proof 3,046
Unc 2,436
2012 Frances Cleveland 2nd
Proof 3,104
Unc 2,425
2013 Edith Wilson
Proof 2,464
Unc 1,974
2013 Elllen Wilson
Proof 2,511
Unc 1,980
2013 Helen Taft
Proof 2,598
Unc 1,993
2013 Ida McKinley
Proof 2,724
Unc 2,008
2013 Edith Roosevelt
Proof 2,840
Unc 2,027
2014 Eleanor Roosevelt
Proof 2,377
Unc 1,886
2014 Grace Coolidge
Proof 2,315
Unc 1,949
2014 Florence Harding
Proof 2,372
Unc 1,944
2014 Lou Hoover
Proof 2,392
Unc 1,936
2015 Bess Truman
Proof 2,747
Unc 1,946
2015 Mamie Eisenhower
Proof 2,704
Unc 2,102
2015 Jackie Kennedy
Proof 11,222
Unc 6,771
2015 Lady Bird Johnson
Proof 2,653
Unc 1,927
2016 Patricia Nixon
Proof 2,645
Unc 1,839
2016 Betty Ford
Proof 2,471
Unc 1,865 *(added 41 on 07/10/2020 from coinworld article)
2016 Nancy Reagan
Proof 3,548
Unc 2,009
It looks like the Pat Nixon uncirculated with 1,839 is currently the rarest one.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Mint says pictures are not the actual size of the coin.
Good to know
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There will be a $1 George H Bush coin...
Well, that's interesting. I was fixing to sell my First Spouses for melt.
IMHO, one should be cautious about paying the Mint's likely towering premium for this issue, with gold moving as it is.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
The obverse on the Barbara coin is good. Good rendition. Attractive for the series.
The reverse, as is typical on these spouse coins, sucks.
Would’ve been better just to have put W on the reverse.
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Back at ya!
It fits pretty well with the rest of the series design-wise. I assume they’ll be making a medal as well.
If 2000/3000 is the stated max. my guess is they will strike far fewer than that.
Good point. This could become the key date in a series that no one collects.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
The mint seems to have dropped the first spouse from the pricing grid so there isn't a way to know how they'll be priced. Sorry if this has already been pointed out.
I like the First Spouse series, have them all, and will buy Barbara Bush too!
Just when you think it's over.... back they come! How long lived is this series supposed to be?
I believe the series will continue until there is a mintage of one and yet still no one buys it.
Anyone who collected the entire series as they came out and still had them is doing really well now.
Yes, PM escalation rises all boats, even those with high Mint premiums.
But not nearly as much as AGE’s and GLD Buffs.
First offer I got from a local bullion dealer for my First Spouses was 98% of Melt.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
That may be typical. My dealer really doesn’t want them and really didn’t want all the packaging but I have built a relationship. And they went straight to melt.
“First offer I got from a local bullion dealer for my First Spouses was 98% of Melt.”
And he was only “light” by 2%!
Wondercoin
Someday this never actually complete set of all these spouses, will have:
Barbara Pierce
Hillary Diane Rodham
Laura Lane Welch
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, and
Melanija Knavs
and then shortly thereafter a first spouse, husband version.
I always felt the original names of the women, and who they were as their own individuals before, as well as after their husbands became President, should have been on all the spouse coins.
Was, and still is, to some degree, a great set to collect IMO. Dollar averaged over the years into physical gold.
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I see some deep key rarities in the future for this series.
I knew it would happen.
I was actually starting to consider selling my other complete spouse set with gold so high. However, with the trends I see in increased debt both gov't and private, insane high physical gold demand, US dollar ready to collapse past hoped for resistance, and that as discussed, many of these spouses ungraded will actually get melted, the graded 70 ones will become true rarities, especially First Strikes.
I just decided to watch and see what happens for now as these spouses could go up like silver recently did in a few years, It only takes a couple collectors from each state to completely overwhelm supply or availability of these.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
I always wanted to live long enough to have a unique coin.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
What the key spouse will be in 50 or 100 years is anyone’s guess, but I’m betting less than half of the original mintage still around.
At $1,340 for a half ounce uncirculated, with gold at $1,950 or so, that is $975/half ounce.
So the Mint wants $365 per coin or 37% premium above to cover their costs?!!!
I expect the uncirculated BB to sell maybe 1,000 to 1,500 and the proof 1,500 to 2,000, and both should be modern rarities someday for my grandkids. I will get a couple, just to stay in the game.
All of you haters, please feel free to scrap and melt as many of these spouses as you can find.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
These always traded at spot with dealers. Not much to gain... nothing to lose. If I were a collector I would get the set in the secondary market ( wisely). Awesome series. At the back end of it a guy has 22+ oz of pure gold. Unc or proof ? How sweet is that ?
This series seems most analogous to the American Arts Medallion series. Does anyone have the mintages on those?
I knew it would happen.
Often, these end up being the keys. The high premium results in extra rarity because no one buys them.
BTW, bought my set this morning.
There's a lot of short-sightedness here. Precious metals are about to have their day. Soon enough, just like real estate in 2005-2006, normal "Joes" will be getting into PMs because of the hype. Hucksters will push low mintage and special series just like this one and a momentary hype will result in some really nice premiums.
No, the art medal mintages really sold, not melted, are a bit debatable and no one knows at all how many are left, now, but I still have 2 complete art sets and recently sent my 3rd best set, PCGS complete via FedEx and it vanished, lost in Memphis, and so far after over one week no one has "seen" it there so, maybe big loss...
Many spouses are also long gone so mintages are becoming less relevant. These spouses will only matter if in 70 and even more if in FS in the future, maybe past my timeframe. Those will be really rare and yes, valuable to someone. Maybe just not you.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
I appreciate your inner Spousal conflict GoldMiner, my dealer really doesn’t want them when I sell and really doesn’t want all the packaging but I have built a relationship. And they go straight to melt. Even 70’s. That’s where I would buy and sell them, at spot. Graded, slabbed then cracked and melted. Pure gold at spot, I like it.
Good for you for holding out the hope. Go Spot For all our sakes!
The only way to get money out of modern collectibles is through private party channels (ebay or other national auctions). Dealers rarely pay more than melt for any modern PMs because their local customer bases aren't large enough to support the market.
“Why would anyone melt .9999 gold?”
I just left two first spouses in a fire safe and I’m hoping for the best, but there’s a pretty good chance I might lose my house and the contents of the safe as well. 😵
Aside from fishing for sympathy, accidents happen
The fire season is starting off really bad like the weather and I wish you well. But on the bright side…. The melting point of pure gold is 1947.5 degrees Fahrenheit. The average house fire generates temperatures of between 1,200 and 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit. So your spouses will survive.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
Reminds me of the guy who stopped in the shop about ten years ago. Asked if I bought gold and I said "of course". He said he had two Krugerrands but they were on his TV and there was a fire. The gold "melted into the TV ". I said "sorry sir, I don't buy used televisions." He stormed out and I never saw him again.
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The U.S.Mint Cumulative Sales Figures Through Week Ending January 10, 2021 have the Proof Bush @ 2,328 and exceeding 2,315 Coolidge. Demand for Bush will continue with market awareness of her (in my opinion). I think the mintage limit will prove to be too low.
Can the 41 Betty Ford UNC's reported by Coinworld be confirmed online?
I would like more info on this.
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When first issued, I didn’t have any interest in the First Spouse series per se, but was interested in the Liberty coins the legislation said would be issued for those presidents who didn’t have a wife while in office. When offered by the mint, I decided to purchase and build a ‘short set’ of those “Liberty” coins, the Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren, and Buchanan’s Liberties. While none of these coins have much premium above spot, they are a nice little set and make an interesting display.
2020 FS GOLD PROOF 1/2 OZ – BUSH 2,345 +17
2020 FS GOLD UNC 1/2 OZ – BUSH 1,523 + 6
Greysheet has these coins price guided at all the same amount, a bit over melt. I don't know if mintage really matters. How long will they mint First Ladies in gold anyway?
Um... they're done? The Presidential Dollars series is done. There was an additional coin authorized for the Bushes after their death. Sort of like when supermarkets gave away dishes and sold the "completer" set of serving pieces.
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