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Mint To Release "Baseball" Hall of Fame Coin

spy88spy88 Posts: 764 ✭✭
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As was brought up back in Aug. of 2012 by member bidask here, the San Francisco Mint
will be making these commemoratives: story

I personally find nothing attractive in this coin's design...others will, no doubt.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,978 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I will probably buy a three piece set if the mint offers one because of the subject matter and my desire to keep my gold commemorative coin set complete. I too don't care for the concave/convex coins. It is nothing but a gimmick, and I hope that this will be the first last of them.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I love the negativity. Might be a keeper.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The more I think about it - and read - the more I consider it 'gimmickry' .... I also believe the mint should not be gathering funds for a private institution. Cheers, RickO
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    ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭
    Any indication on prices yet?
    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What will make them popular is their unusual design. What will make them UNpopular is their unusual design. image

    Cheers,

    Bob
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,524 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What will make them popular is their unusual design. What will make them UNpopular is their unusual design. image

    Cheers,

    Bob >>

    What's next?

    Coins shaped like Footballs? Basket Balls (most likely)?

    Golf Balls? (I think Scotland would wholeheartedly object)?
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    kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What will make them popular is their unusual design. What will make them UNpopular is their unusual design. image

    Cheers,

    Bob >>

    What's next?

    Coins shaped like Footballs? Basket Balls (most likely)?

    Golf Balls? (I think Scotland would wholeheartedly object)? >>


    image
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,978 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What will make them popular is their unusual design. What will make them UNpopular is their unusual design. image

    Cheers,

    Bob >>

    What's next?

    Coins shaped like Footballs? Basket Balls (most likely)?

    Golf Balls? (I think Scotland would wholeheartedly object)? >>




    Actually it might have something more to do with the pocket in a baseball glove, but I could wrong on that one. If these coins had been issued before the 1950s they still would have flat.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Garbage Pail Kids coins. image
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yeah, these coins suck. don't buy them. especially not the $5. who wants a gold coin that looks like a glove on one side and a baseball on the other...minted in san francisco? forget it. nobody wants that.
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Garbage Pail Kids coins. image >>



    you know, my sons love GPK. one just got a printing plate of scrawled saul.
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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,868 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I too cast my vote with the nays. However, as an error coin enthusiast it will be interesting to see how many errrors may result from this particular design.
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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Curved coins are nothing new:

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    FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    Open the floodgates baby !


    There are some really wierd shapes coming out from some mints. The one I remember is the Eiffle Tower shaped coin from some offshore
    unknown mint. There are other strange coins coming from all over the globe. Must be a market.

    Now the question is how soon will the US Mint come out with another oddly shaped " coin " ? Didn't I read about a Football shaped Coin
    somewhere? How about a Dinner Plate sized/shaped Silver Coin to honor Julia Child? The well heeled could serve Dinner on their collection
    of Julia Child Coins. Might just work !
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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The more I think about it - and read - the more I consider it 'gimmickry' .... I also believe the mint should not be gathering funds for a private institution. Cheers, RickO >>



    Might be good "strategery"?
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    *yawn*

    Oh. Sorry. I must've nodded off for a m...

    sknnnnxxxx *snort* zzzzzzzz

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    PS- looked at the linked article, and I must confess I hated the design much less than I thought I would.

    Still, that ain't sayin' much.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    You guys are hilarious. These are the most fun coins the Mint has put out in a LONG time. But yes, as steveben advises, please keep your credit cards in your wallets. Nothing to see here… Move on.
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    HawgstickHawgstick Posts: 240 ✭✭
    I'm in, tired of the same ole commems.....This is different.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,978 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I too cast my vote with the nays. However, as an error coin enthusiast it will be interesting to see how many errrors may result from this particular design. >>



    None unless the mint decides to manufacture some and let them "slip out" for the publicity and possible additional sales. The quality control on the commemorative coins has been pretty good over the years. Most of the time the only thing that is wrong with them is that they get marked up and then it's only a little.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭


    I for one am going to really enjoy this series of Coins. I will not purchase a single one of them but I will enjoy
    following the sales numbers and the overall marketing campaign. Sort of like how I enjoy following the Tigers
    yet I've refused to attend any more games after the 2012 season.

    I want to see how popular the Coins are with the general public. Will the TV hucksters buy in bulk and pitch them
    as if in a free for all at a carnival clown dunking event? Will the public embrace them for a moment and then
    discard them like a bunch of State Quarters?

    For sure they'll be on all the MLB websites. They'll be in every MLB and Minor League Stadium gift shop. And of
    course at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

    It's going to be an exciting season.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can hear it now. "Play Bowl"

    Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !

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    sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A week or so away and still no price? TBD.

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    FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    Gold is extremely volatile now. Last I checked it was $1382 , many are calling for it to be at $1400 by around Monday or
    soon after. If something happens in the Ukraine - look out - Gold will bust out big time.

    US Mint is in a bad place for pricing new Gold product.

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