Anybody ever buy... From the US Mint
numonebuyer
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Anybody ever buy one of those coin & die sets from the US Mint?
I also remember they used to sell coin-related jewelry. Did they stop selling it?
I also remember they used to sell coin-related jewelry. Did they stop selling it?
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Yep, that was a thundering response, huh?
The answer is definitely "no" for me, but I have only bought stuff directly from the Mint twice (the Columbus halves in '92 and a couple of proof sets in '99. Oh, and I bought a 1986 proof set from the San Francisco mint when I visited there that year.)
Helloooo... Is this thing on?
I buy stuff from the US Mint all the time.. mint and proof sets, commems, proof silver eagles, rolls of coins, bags of coins.. I have never purchased the die sets.. the actual die is not there anyway, so whats the point? I know they cannot sell them of course but they why kind of sell them? They still have many jewelry items and knicknacks. The Statehood Quarters are a trinket business in themselves. I don't buy them as I don't find them appealing to my eyes. Maybe some do. To each his own.
Kris
"I think I have finally lived long enough to realize that the big man in the sky aint talking" Ogden Nash
"When all you got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
They sell stuff?
They totally deface the die (grind it off I believe). Interesting piece to get, but not worth it since there is nothing left to show on the die (they could have XXX'ed it out instead and left some details...but they didn't and I think it is a rip).
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So when you buy a "die", you just get a meaningless chunk of metal?
It looks like they did stop selling it! Good for them (and us)!
<< <i>So when you buy a "die", you just get a meaningless chunk of metal? >>
That's right!
<< <i>"I also remember they used to sell coin-related jewelry. Did they stop selling it?"
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I was just trying to buy a couple of bobbles to have that let other non-numismatists know that I collect coins. A sort of introduction if you will. Do you have any places that you buy (for example a money clip with a real Morgan dollar on it, a tie clip with a mercury dime, or cuff links with mercury dimes, etc.).
Nothing to look at at all.
Thus why bother.
I wish I had known about this forum, or RCC, back then, before I bought it...or had known what they shipped. The saving grace was it wasn't "too" expensive.
But, I wouldn't do it again, I would change what I did if I could, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone to get one.
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You get the die with the devices completely ground off along with one of the pieces that was (allegedly) struck by the die (in a velvet bag no less), and a certificate with the specific die serial number which states how many pieces were struck before the die was retired and the reason the die was retired.
Jim
<< <i>(in a velvet bag no less) >>
They had to help justify the cost somehow.
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Dan
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<< <i>You get the die with the devices completely ground off along with one of the pieces that was struck by the die (in a velvet bag no less), >>
Of course since all of the devices are ground off the die there is no way to know if tha coin really came from that die or not. Does anyone really think that save one coin produced from each die and then keep them around so they can be matched up later with the die again later. Or do you figure they just grab any coin of the appropiate design.