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Has anyone ever seen these before???

MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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Any info would help.
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It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • MadMonkMadMonk Posts: 3,743 ✭
    I've never seen those MadMarty. I do think that thaey do have a high "cool" factor.
    Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,690 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These are US Mint struck gold bullion pieces. A short series was struck circa early 1980's. I really don't know if they command any premium today...I doubt if they bring much more than bullion, if that.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Good thread on these.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    My Dad has quite a few of these. I think they are worth gold content only. mike
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A dealer at last week's St. Petersburg, FL show had a number of these. He was selling them for bullion. In the past these medals did have some collector value. He told me that they did when the gold price was lower. Now that it's up, they sell for melt.

    These pieces probably don't have a great future. Collectors gravitate toward coins (pieces with a denomination stamped on them) and not medals, which is shame is some ways.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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