>>>> UK - US Collaboration On A Mayflower Coin From Each <<<<
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This Kud Be Gud. Couldn't it? I'll be watching for more details like cost.
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@Kudbegud.... The link is not working....They do look nice, but I am not a medal collector (have one or two for other reasons). ...Cheers, RickO
Link fixed. Thanks @ricko
I almost missed this thread. Thx for posting.
Congress could not get the job done with coin legislation so we have a medal.
There was a collaboration last year between Canada and the US similar to this one.
The Mayflower side of the British coin looks very cool, but why does the US medal have a $10 denomination on it?
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I guess that answers my quedtion....
I had heard the US would issue a silver medal and a gold coin. The Royal Mint's photos show both, although the text only mentions the medal.
The Secretary of the Treaury has some latitude from existing legislation to set the design of the bullion gold coins, so they decided on a Mayflower design this year,
Press Release dated today, 9/3/20
https://usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-and-royal-mint-collaborate-on-mayflower-anniversary-coins-and-medals
Full details about the coins in this release.
Release date doesn't show in the schedule through November but does show as the noncommittal "Fall of 2020".
My Editorial Comment:
Adding 2 Gold and 2 Silver on top of the two WW2 Gold and Silver commeratives within days of each other in November will tax collectors budgets forcing choices to be made. Sales will be affected, downward in my opinion, for all these coins. I understand that Covid has put a strain on Mint production. Making release dates so close together in the holiday season is bad planning.
Individual likenesses:
Gold half ounce
Silver 1 ounce
My only issue is the obverse and reverse on the US gold look switched.
Doesn’t make much sense
Is it a $10 coin or a medal?
Yes. The gold is a $10 coin and the silver is a 1 oz. medal.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
The are also reverse proof versions for the US Gold $10 and silver medal on the schedule.
I do like these, but 3 gold coins and 2 silvers on top of everything else including palladium, WW2 gold, bullion gold with V75, Barbara Bush gold spouse set, burnished gold eagle, etc. is just too much.
Edited info from Wiki:
I see the gold mentions the Patuxet which were a Native American band of the Wampanoag tribal confederation. They lived primarily in and around modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. The epidemics which swept across New England and the Canadian Maritimes between 1614 and 1620 were especially devastating to the Wampanoag, with mortality reaching 100% in many mainland villages. When the Pilgrims landed in 1620, all the Patuxet except Squanto had died. The plagues have been attributed variously to smallpox, leptospirosis, and other diseases.
The first settlers of Plymouth Colony (modern Plymouth, Massachusetts), sited their colony at the location of a former Patuxet village, named "Port St. Louis" (Samuel de Champlain, 1605) or "Accomack" (John Smith, 1614). By 1616, the site had been renamed New Plimoth. When the Pilgrim Settlers decided to make their settlement, the land that had been cleared and cultivated by the prior inhabitants (since dead through disease) was a primary reason for the location.
Native Americans were absolutely devastated by newly imported foreign diseases, and 400 years later it still happens.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
Yes indeed. Several items added to the schedule.
And this popular Limited Edition Silver Set
I have to agree with @Goldminers. The Mint seems to be cramming all the virus delayed items and more into the last quarter of the year. They may be able to claim they fulfilled their schedule but at what sales level? It has to be way under estimates from the beginning of the year. Expect several low mintage "rarities". The Mint's most loyal customers, collectors, just won't be able to absorb this last minute production. Watch for the sales reports in January.
New posting on Mint News Blog just now. Nice additional details.
https://mintnewsblog.com/united-states-mint-and-royal-mint-collaborate-on-mayflower-anniversary-coins-and-medals/