My thanks to the Mint...
Gemineye
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My personal thanks to the Mint for the beatiful presentation Coin and Chronical set this year.The quality of coins and case is worth the price any day.(except for the stick-em glue)..
Usually we poke fun at them as we do with any large organizations that we deal with from time to time.But the quality of this set speaks for itself and I hope that the collectors who ordered these this year can appreciate them for what they are worth.
ps....I hope Longy opens and keeps his set....
Usually we poke fun at them as we do with any large organizations that we deal with from time to time.But the quality of this set speaks for itself and I hope that the collectors who ordered these this year can appreciate them for what they are worth.
ps....I hope Longy opens and keeps his set....
......Larry........
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The key is in the mintage's and this one at only 50,000 is a sure winner.
I wish the mint would lower the mintage's of all their other products.
<< <i>My personal thanks to the Mint for the beatiful presentation Coin and Chronical set this year.The quality of coins and case is worth the price any day.(except for the stick-em glue)..
Usually we poke fun at them as we do with any large organizations that we deal with from time to time.But the quality of this set speaks for itself and I hope that the collectors who ordered these this year can appreciate them for what they are worth.
ps....I hope Longy opens and keeps his set....
I'll second the above sentiment.
The "crease" in the photo is actually a crack in the glass plate which occurred when Gardner dropped the plate during developing.
<< <i>Some of the products that mint puts out are very nice indeed.
The key is in the mintage's and this one at only 50,000 is a sure winner.
I wish the mint would lower the mintage's of all their other products. >>
The coins are not a 50,000 mintage-only the package. I suppose one could offer the package on eBay for $100 and keep the coins if they wanted.
<< <i>I wish the mint would lower the mintage's of all their other products. >>
Why? So more people have to be gouged by flippers if they want the coins but weren't lucky enough to be able to get in during the very short window of opportunity?
Really??? duh! 50,000 is extremely small for this product in which PACKAGING MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
"Why? So more people have to be gouged by flippers if they want the coins but weren't lucky enough to be able to get in during the very short window of opportunity?"
Everyone has the same opportunity, If you don't want to order the day of, it is not the flippers fault, it is yours.
Low mintage's are a good thing.
<< <i>Everyone has the same opportunity, If you don't want to order the day of, it is not the flippers fault, it is yours. >>
I would say someone who is retired and has access to a telephone and broadband Internet access, for example has a much better opportunity than someone who has to work during that one hour where you MIGHT be able to get an order in. That's even more true for people who work in situations where they don't have a reasonable chance to take a break from work and keep trying to use the phone or an Internet connection to place an order. But that's okay -- those poor schmucks didn't deserve a chance to pick some up at issue price anyway.
Let them eat cake.
<< <i>"The coins are not a 50,000 mintage-only the package. I suppose one could offer the package on eBay for $100 and keep the coins if they wanted."
Really??? duh! 50,000 is extremely small for this product in which PACKAGING MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
I understand. I just thought most of us were COIN collectors. Maybe they should start a package forum. I agree that it is a nice set though.
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<< <i>"The coins are not a 50,000 mintage-only the package. I suppose one could offer the package on eBay for $100 and keep the coins if they wanted."
Really??? duh! 50,000 is extremely small for this product in which PACKAGING MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
I understand. I just thought most of us were COIN collectors. Maybe they should start a package forum. >>
Yes we are coin collectors. Lincoln Cents are probably the most collected series. Non coin collectors love lincoln, and may want a set. Heck, I do not collect Lincoln's, but I bought 2 sets for my children and I am not selling.
Once all these "sets" hence "packaging" find there way to strong hands that will not let them go because this "package" is a huge collector item, beautiful, historical, and in limited supply, well then price will rise.
Some here that say in a few years you will be able to get them at less then issue are DREAMING!
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<< <i>"The coins are not a 50,000 mintage-only the package. I suppose one could offer the package on eBay for $100 and keep the coins if they wanted."
Really??? duh! 50,000 is extremely small for this product in which PACKAGING MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
I understand. I just thought most of us were COIN collectors. Maybe they should start a package forum. >>
Yes we are coin collectors. Lincoln Cents are probably the most collected series. Non coin collectors love lincoln, and may want a set. Heck, I do not collect Lincoln's, but I bought 2 sets for my children and I am not selling.
Once all these "sets" hence "packaging" find there way to strong hands that will not let them go because this "package" is a huge collector item, beautiful, historical, and in limited supply, well then price will rise.
Some here that say in a few years you will be able to get them at less then issue are DREAMING! >>
The mint has made some improvements in packaging lately. The UHR comes in a really impressive package. I am glad to have been able to get that and the Lincoln Set from the Mint.
Lincoln is one of the very few politicians worthy of such accolades in this commemoration.
<< <i>I do wish however that the mint would have made the coins in the set somehow distinguishable, maybe even take a hint from the canadians and put a privy mark or something, a special finish would have been great! >>
I am going to disagree with this idea.
This is *exactly* why I stopped collecting current Canadian coins. I was trying to keep updated a complete set of all denominations when the RCM decided to start issuing coins in multiple designs/finishes/privy marks/etc. I eventually came to the conclusion that, unless I inherited a fortune or settled on collecting nothing *but* the latest RCM offerings, I was going to be unable to keep my sets current. So now, I no longer buy anything from the RCM.
It's bad enough that the US Mint has gone to special finishes on mint sets and isn't offering sets of actual circulating coinage for sale anymore. Including all finishes, designs and mints, there are at least 20 different coins needed *just this year* to keep a Lincoln cent collection current. Does that make sense? I suppose the album makers will be happy, though- instead of a new album once every 40 years, you'll need to buy a new one every four, instead.
IMO, adding even more varieties which would require the purchase of multiple sets each year in order to keep collections up to date would not be a good thing.
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>The photograph was taken on Feb 5, 1865 by Alexander Gardner. Lincoln frequently had his portrait taken by Alexander Gardner.
The "crease" in the photo is actually a crack in the glass plate which occurred when Gardner dropped the plate during developing. >>
I had heard that this was the last portrait done of Lincoln by Gardner and that the crack has often been seen as a harbinger of his pending assassination (as the crack ran though his head, and of course he was shot in the head).
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<< <i> I had heard that this was the last portrait done of Lincoln by Gardner and that the crack has often been seen as a harbinger of his pending assassination (as the crack ran though his head, and of course he was shot in the head). >>
How about a "SCARY" lamination error from the first year of issue ............