1997 $5 Jackie Robinson Commem Hmmm

danarchy

Just surfin Ebay. Notice A 1997 $5 Jackie Robinson commem. Well, more than noticed... Thinking on the subject I came up with a few questions. Just answers I don't have. Out of roughly 5200 minted buisness strike, how many are really out there still lurking? Or rephrased how many are accounted for? I don't have access to pop reports, so how many have been submitted for grading? How many were popped out for albums, books etc? How many are stuck away far from view, not forgotten, just not seen? Been 10 years since release, where's Jackie?

foxxze

I do not think many , if any , have been melted, misplaced, or destroyed . A little research would yield the current population figures from all the TPG`s .

dpoole

NGC has certified 321 of them (200 in MS69, 116 in MS70).

PCGS has certified 459 of them (413 in MS69, 14 in MS70).

That leaves 4,394 out there somewhere, unaccounted for!

PerryHall

Modern commems have vitually 100% survival rate.

BillJones

The Uncirculated Jackie Robinson commemorative $5 gold coin has gone from overlooked to overpriced IMO. The survival rate is probably something on the order of 99% IMO, and a mintage of 5,000 coins hardly makes it a rarity. There are many 19th century coins that are represented by less survivors than that, and very few of those remaining pieces grade MS-67 or better.

7Jaguars

But I think another key factor, and to restate his point is dispersal. These coins may be in non-collector hands since they were so poorly thought of design-wise. The pop reports tend to support that thought.

One of the problems with the '06 W plat uncs is they do not have a wide dispersal and fewer hands hold them. The jackies are probably spread much more thinly and in non-collector hands.

BTW, I got an unc. in mint plastic from Paul Sims (!?!?) in '97 for 170 so was happy with that purchase.

BillJones

One of the things you guys have to remember is that there are a lot of collectors out there like me who don't care for modern commemorative coins in slabs. I MUCH prefer them in the original mint packages. I would not buy a modern commemorative coin in a slab because they bore me.

For that reason there are probably a fair number of Uncirculated Jackie Robinson $5 gold coins sitting in singe boxes and most especially in the 4 coin velvet box sets. I collect the box sets, but only the wooden ones, which takes the 4 coin set off the table for me. A wooden box Jackie Robinson set was issued, but it contained a Proof $5 gold along with a pin, patch and baseball card.

BTW you see a lot of 4 coin sets offered on Ebay.

7Jaguars

Bill, with all due respect, I know of many coins of incredibly small mintage but that lack demand and so don't bring any sort of price; at one time better British coins fell in this category but now have skyrocketed. If the marketers and dealers are correct, the influx of collectors from the State Quarter program will bring many into the modern US fold.

This may give the Jackies and other bits some push. I agree about the encapsulations though - they are offputting and not reproducible when subjected to micrograding.

notwilight

<< <i>Modern commems have vitually 100% survival rate. >>



Maybe but not quite. Look at this Mount rushmore $5 gold I picked up on ebay. The seller refunded me the difference between what I paid and melt. Neither of us could figure out what the green gunk is.