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This will be a sought after coin in 50 years.
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I have the Uncirc. versions of both the Dollar and the Half Eagle. I love these coins
for their artistic legacy, and of course the message of the stability of "Old Granite" during
the difficult time of the quake.
Anyone have an actual pic of the "Granite Lady" as it looks today?
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<< <i>This will be a sought after coin in 50 years.
Very pretty ....I agree!!!!!!!
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Collector of Early 20th Century U.S. Coinage.
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<< <i>This will be a sought after coin in 50 years.
A lot less than that, I predict. I think this whole issue was a sleeper and has a lot going for it. Great pics!
Well, just Love coins, period.
<< <i>This will be a sought after coin in 50 years.
I agree. Now if I can only live to be 102 years old, so I can sell mine for a profit.
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I like the coin.
<< <i>Here is my question to the engineers reading this, as you view the SF quake photo of the mint it is rather interesting not only that the mint withstood the quake but the two smoke stacks did too, one would have thought that those two tacks would have come down for sure. Any theories? >>
The odds were "stacked" in their favor??
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The water delivery system and hydrants on each floor were completed about 10 days before the earthquake and fire which began on April 18, 1906. This information comes from the "Recollections of a Mint Director" book by Frank Leach, pgs. 46-47.
Wouldn't it be strange if the as yet undiscovered cornerstone was placed on the bottom of one of the two smokestacks...
<< <i>This will be a sought after coin in 50 years.
It better not, I ditched all of mine!!
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I wonder why the Proof Dollar is more expensive in 70?
<< <i>Y'know, as much as I've railed against modern recycling of old designs, I liked it on these coins. >>
Wow, quite a big admission!
There's something alluring about both the $1 and $5.
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<< <i>Here is my question to the engineers reading this, as you view the SF quake photo of the mint it is rather interesting not only that the mint withstood the quake but the two smoke stacks did too, one would have thought that those two tacks would have come down for sure. Any theories? >>
Yeah when they started shaking everyone ran outside to hold them up.
I don't believe that I am actually a collector but rather a person who started(recently 2006) amassing a small amount of ASE's and some silver and gold commemoratives as well as the mint silver yearly coin issues and did get what I thought was a good price for some early Silver Prestige Proofs at the Santa Clara show recently.
I guess I am doing so in hopes of having some additional resourses for either my retirement or leaving it for the family to fight over.
I was and probably still am a collector of Casino Silver Strikes. However, probably due to the price of silver and most casino's going coinless and they don't want to pay out their resources for the production, repairs, and filling of the machines, the Silver Strikes are now rapidly disappearing from the casinos. The good thing is that these Silver Strikes contain about .6 grams of pure silver so they will always carry that value.
Back to my original thought.
I was not going to buy into the U.S. Mint's 2008 burnished ASE due to the silver price droping and the mint not changing the pricing. However, with the release of the 2008 issue and it's 2007 reverse issue, I did purchase 12. I also received the other day an early birthday gift of a sealed box of 6 from my sister.
None had the 2007 reverse. OH WELL we tried.
I am wondering why people are willing to pay over $300 for an ASE with an estimated mintage of 47,000 (US Mint estimate) instead of using that money to buy for instance a 2006 Old San Francisco Mint $5 Gold Uncirculated coin (mintage 16,149 even less with SilverTowne's melt report) with an estimated current intrensic gold value of $215 for less than the 2008/2007 ASE variety with an intrensic silver value of $17.00?
2006 Old San Francisco Mint - Final production numbers
Uncirculated Silver Dollar: 65,609
Proof Silver Dollar: 207,248
Uncirculated Gold Half Eagle: 16,149
Proof Gold Half Eagle: 41,517
2006 American Legacy Set: 48,452
I do understand the 1995-W ASE low mintage, but this is not a variety in my opinion. For a collector to have a complete collection, this one would need to be included. Does a variety of an issue need to be in a collection to make it complete?
I understand the issue of supply and demand thing that there are probably more collectors of silver than gold but would a true coin collector be buying into the error/variety thing? I would think the true collector would be more interested in having the gold coin with fewer available than the 2008/2007 ASE.
I am guessing that it's the speculators that are driving force behind the 2008/2007 ASE variety issue.
Oh well, just thinking out loud here.
I just hope that the U.S. Mint revises the gold prices for the Gold Buffalo coins issue. Also, since this issue is going to be a bullion issue I hope they will be available to the general public on their website instead of only their dealer network.
Like the original poster states... IN 50 YEARS!
<< <i>Y'know, as much as I've railed against modern recycling of old designs, I liked it on these coins. >>
Agree. This is one of the few cases where it's actually appropriate since an old mint is being commemorated.
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* great history
* classic designs
* relatively low mintages
In fact, this issue seemed to be about the last issue before the real frenzy of hoarding by speculators that manifested itself as a result of the 2006-w burnished die plats, the silver and gold reverse proofs, etc... If I had to guess, I'd say that Jamestown, early First Spouse, and the reverse proof plats would be only about half their realized mintages without this speculation bubble. Now, though, the price of gold and platinum are going to crush new mintages back to where they ought to be in terms of real collector demand. Or to put it another way, I think this issue was overlooked.
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Anyone know of some good coin shops in SF?