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1999-W $5 Gold Washington

hansohanso Posts: 30
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Why doesn't this coin go for a higher price. It has a low mintage and a great design. Just curious, opinions please.
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  • ernie11ernie11 Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Compared to other gold commem's of the time (BU Robinson, Capitol Vistor Center, Smithsonian, etc. ), it is not a low mintage.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    I love the design.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I love the design. >>

    It's good to see alternative old designs on actual coins.
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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always looked at this as one of the finest newer issues...a beautiful design.

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  • tonyttonyt Posts: 46
    Greetings, all. This is one of my absolute favorite of the modern commems; the Proof version is very impressive. BTW, this gold coin featured the design proposed in 1931 by Laura Fraser during a competion held to commemorate George Washington's bincenntennial birthday. What is really cool about this, is that had she won, this would have become design on the quarter we use today!
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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I too like the design, but think that it does not score any points evidently with the buyers of it and the demand is consequently lower. It certainly has a much better appearance than the accepted Flanagan designs (or rather adopted since they were not the accepted versions initially).

    I rather like the unc. version as the rev. reminds me of classical gold.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,264 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think its a great design. A classic design, you might say!image
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I suppose the design is ok except that everytime I see this sucker, I can't help but think ole George is facing the wrong direction??

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  • sonde79sonde79 Posts: 94
    probably because it reminds people of the quarter design too much. i like it personally.
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  • HalfStrikeHalfStrike Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭
    41,693 is a somewhat high mintage for a modern gold coin compared to the commemorative series. Also look at the gold proofs released in 2008, the 4 buffalo proof coins are mintages of around 13,000 to 19,000 which is less than half to a third of this mintage.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a very nice coin..... Cheers, RickO

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