Contemplating leaving the 2024 Flowing Hair Medal package, unopened.

DocBenjamin

Sealed, it should always maintain an unrealized profit. Once unboxed, probably a loss.

For the video poker player, it is the equivalent of being dealt four cards to the Royal Straight Flush with a five dollar wager. Pull the winning card and you have a sweet payday. Fail and you are eating soggy Hawaiian pizza at the house buffet.

But can one sleep with sealed bounty? Thinking of the 60 year old unopened baseball cards. Windfall or bust?

Rod Serling would have that ounce of silver echoing your name at 3 a.m.

Stephen King?...egads.

Got to open it, I guess. Even if it ends up netting fifty bucks on Ebay.

Or toss it in the Witter Brick, along with the other broken dreams.

Or be glad that the household limit was a single medal.

Cup of warm Ovaltine should get me back to sleep.

jfriedm56

@DocBenjamin, I’ve had this dilemma now of whether or not to open Mint sealed boxes for the better part of 25 years. Knowing that if some coins in some sets are exclusive only to that set along with other coins found outside of that set, the only way for the grading companies to know it came from the limited set is to not open it. That is the only way they will label it on their holder. Now with almost 100 unopened boxes, it’s gone past the point of no return. I can no longer financially have them all graded. So do I keep only the most expensive coins and sets in their sealed boxes and open the rest. Thankfully, I no longer purchase coins or sets from the Mint so the number is capped. This is a small portion of the boxes I own.

MsMorrisine

Or should they call it Roundtine.

JBK

@jfriedm56 said:
@DocBenjamin, I’ve had this dilemma now of whether or not to open Mint sealed boxes for the better part of 25 years. Knowing that if some coins in some sets are exclusive only to that set along with other coins found outside of that set, the only way for the grading companies to know it came from the limited set is to not open it. That is the only way they will label it on their holder. Now with almost 100 unopened boxes, it’s gone past the point of no return. I can no longer financially have them all graded. So do I keep only the most expensive coins and sets in their sealed boxes and open the rest. Thankfully, I no longer purchase coins or sets from the Mint so the number is capped. This is a small portion of the boxes I own.

Or try to sell them sealed in case anyone else wants to gamble.

jmlanzaf

Buy the box not the coin.

smokincoin

I'm going to wait until, at least, Christmas morning.

Coinlearner

I am likely to open my 2024 medal. I have a dozen or so unopened mint packages/coins from years past. Likely get rid of soon,as they just collect dust. The thing is...if I sold them at the time of release and demand was high,I would get more $$ ,than they will get today...

DocBenjamin

@jfriedm56 said:
@DocBenjamin, I’ve had this dilemma now of whether or not to open Mint sealed boxes for the better part of 25 years. Knowing that if some coins in some sets are exclusive only to that set along with other coins found outside of that set, the only way for the grading companies to know it came from the limited set is to not open it. That is the only way they will label it on their holder. Now with almost 100 unopened boxes, it’s gone past the point of no return. I can no longer financially have them all graded. So do I keep only the most expensive coins and sets in their sealed boxes and open the rest. Thankfully, I no longer purchase coins or sets from the Mint so the number is capped. This is a small portion of the boxes I own.

You win!