anyone pick up the zachary taylor prez bucks from their bank yet?
tahoe98
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.......my bank called and i'm to grab mine friday.
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The coin design is deceptive in that something about it tends to minimize in hand flaws.
Each one I thought was a great looking coin showed a myriad of small hits and scrapes along the bridge of the nose, across the forehead and along the sides of the face.
If my 4 roll sampling means anything, MS66 should be tough for the Denver coins.
The name is LEE!
<< <i>I got 4 D rolls yesterday.
The coin design is deceptive in that something about it tends to minimize in hand flaws.
Each one I thought was a great looking coin showed a myriad of small hits and scrapes along the bridge of the nose, across the forehead and along the sides of the face.
If my 4 roll sampling means anything, MS66 should be tough for the Denver coins. >>
.......all D's eh, lee? i'm probably destined for P's in my area.
I went through four rolls and found just a tiny few decent ones.
<< <i>Yeah, these Ds are pretty banged up.
I went through four rolls and found just a tiny few decent ones. >>
......yeah but the price is right.
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my bank will order them with no problem and get the President i want on the release date
its not really said by the head teller but i know from my first time ordering coins years ago ...........
if i order them - i take the whole box
In the almost three years they've been "circulating" I've never received one in change.
Have mintages dropped? Are the multiple billions just sitting in Fed vaults?
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<< <i>Banks carry them? I thought that these coins were made for collectors only.
In the almost three years they've been "circulating" I've never received one in change.
Have mintages dropped? Are the multiple billions just sitting in Fed vaults? >>
........yeah they're sitting in the vaults getting ready to ship to ecuador! like the other small bucks.
<< <i>Banks carry them? I thought that these coins were made for collectors only.
In the almost three years they've been "circulating" I've never received one in change.
Have mintages dropped? Are the multiple billions just sitting in Fed vaults? >>
They do not circulate for the simple reason that folks don;t want to use them in daily transactions. Retailers do not want to use them in daily transactions.
The coins will NEVER, EVER truly circulate as long as there is a paper dollar that consumers can use. This has been true since the mid 19th century and will not change because change is required!
I would suggest that you contact your local banks and inquire about purchasing some rolls at face value.
If you are strapped for cash, just remember that for each dollar you spend to "look", that dollar is returnable to you. The only thing it will actually cost you is your time and some gas money. Other than that searching is FREE.
As for the multiple billions sitting in Fed Vaults? Yes. There are more than a BILLION that have been made to support the Presidential Dollar program which will never see the light of day! The US Mint has what they call a "Direct Ship" program which allows online folks to order these coins in $250 increments with FREE SHIPPING! Got a credit card which accumulates air miles? Use it to order as many as you can afford. (FREE Shipping
Are mintages lower? Yes. Mintage have dropped considerably over the years and will continue to drop as long as the paper dollar continues to be printed and used.
The 2007 Washington Dollar had 940,870,000 produced. The 2009 James K. Polk dollar had 88,340,000 produced. I would expect these coins to fall into the same fate that the Kennedy Half Dollars fell into in that some day, they will only be available online from the US Mint in either bags and rolls. When that happens, look for sub 5,000,000 coin productions if mot lower.
The name is LEE!
.......the direct ship REALLY IS the way to get the prez bucks. works well for the native american bucks too! think of all
the COPPER being used!
- - Dave
<< <i>Am I doing something wrong? When I go to the Mint website, there's not an '09 Pres $ to be found under "Direct Ship" - - just some '08's & '07's.........................
- - Dave
.....yeah, i saw that too. probably make the 2009's available later for the direct shipping, after the 2010's come out.
<< <i>didn't they & the native american USE to be "pre-orders" vs "post-orders"?
......now I AM CONFUSED!!
<< <i>Am I doing something wrong? When I go to the Mint website, there's not an '09 Pres $ to be found under "Direct Ship" - - just some '08's & '07's.........................
- - Dave
Currently that is all that is available. 2009 have not and may not be added to the mix.
However, Washington, Adams, and Jefferson's all have some significant error coins.
An Andrew Jackson Denver coin in MS66 would be worth the grading fee's and then some.
The name is LEE!
......picked up my zac prez bucks today. the teller said "you know we still have a bunch of polks" if you're interested.
<< <i>......picked up my zac prez bucks today. the teller said "you know we still have a bunch of polks" if you're interested.
My teller said the same thing. I told her I come on first day of release every quarter for the current issues.