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If you had EVERY mint "product" since 1986...

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
How would you feel?

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I left out "BROKE" and can't figure out how to edit a poll on this new software.
  • PQueuePQueue Posts: 901 ✭✭✭
    There is no option in the poll for me. That said...

    Terrific, Loyal, or Complete are reasonable choices for buyers...congrats to them.

    Like trying to find a buyer suggests a late awakening.

    Mad is harder to understand...illustrates the collector really did not know what they were doing.
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: PQueue

    There is no option in the poll for me. That said...



    Terrific, Loyal, or Complete are reasonable choices for buyers...congrats to them.



    Like trying to find a buyer suggests a late awakening.



    Mad is harder to understand...illustrates the collector really did not know what they were doing.




    I put the sellers' poll on the mental health forum. image
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On the bright side, it's unlikely a poster would criticize the coins as being "too shiny" for 30 year old coins.



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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,609 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mad, in the sense of out of my mind.
  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭✭✭


    I picked mad because there was no option for Stupid
  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I wonder if there would be enough winners in there to make up for the duds? Probably not.
    Gold and silver are valuable but wisdom is priceless.
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bronco2078


    I picked mad because there was no option for Stupid



    My answer too.

    Becky
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Scrooge McDuck had to build a second money bin to hold them all!
    All glory is fleeting.
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    If you had EVERY mint "product" since 1986...

    I'd feel like I had a lot of useless crap.

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If collectors in 1956 had been asked the same question about every mint product (coins made for sale to collectors and not circulating coinage) made and sold from 1892 through 1954 would they have given the same answers as those posted in replies to this thread?
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you had EVERY mint "product" since 1986



    why not 1982 when the "Modern era" really started??? in any event, I think you would have invested poorly although the few "winners" and the upside in Gold probably would have saved you. items like the 1995 Gold Proof Set with the ASE and the early Platinum issues would have covered many of the losers and the Gold that was bought from the mid-80's till around 2003 would have done well.



    this would be an interesting spread sheet to do that might surprise us.
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As long as these "products" include the 1990 no "S" proof sets, the 1999-W $5 and $10 gold eagles, the 2000 Cherrios and Goodacre dollars, and the 2007-W "frosted Liberty" platinum eagles, I'm in.

    Oh, and how about throwing in a 2000-W gold Sacagawea dollar to seal the deal! image

    My Adolph A. Weinman signature :)

  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know what the question means, but after thinking about it, if I had "every Mint product since 1986" I would be wealthy beyond belief and I would nee a building of immense size to store it all in.



    think about it!!
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm an OGP fan so I'd feel like I was in an episode of hoarders.

    I guess the question is, did you get them (in this scenario) at the cost the mint offered? People replying "I'd feel dumb." forget gold was under $400 an ounce for almost all of the 90s.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TopographicOceans
    If you had EVERY mint "product" since 1986...

    I'd feel like I had a lot of useless crap.



    Proof gold eagles.. you can't give those things away. LOL
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can I get my "products" from the Canadian or Australian mints instead? I want one or two of those million dollar gold coins!

    Canada

    Australia

    My Adolph A. Weinman signature :)

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    id peace it out. i wouldnt want anyone to know i had all that money spent at the mint
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The most valuable 1986 mint product that I own is a six piece Statue of Liberty set in the wooden box. I bought it at the bottom of the market for $155, which was even below melt at that time. With two $5 gold pieces and two silver dollars in it, it's worth a lot more now. And as a collector, I actualy like that set because it was for a good cause and raised money for that project, unlike many of the commemorative coin programs.

    As for my other 1986 "investment" it's a Proof set that's not worth much more than face value.
    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 ... ?
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Overdate

    As long as these "products" include the 1990 no "S" proof sets, the 1999-W $5 and $10 gold eagles, the 2000 Cherrios and Goodacre dollars, and the 2007-W "frosted Liberty" platinum eagles, I'm in.



    Oh, and how about throwing in a 2000-W gold Sacagawea dollar to seal the deal! image




    NOT including mint "errors" that I researched several years ago and much to my surprise (not) I noticed that the GREAT ones always followed a lower prior year sale number.



    Not that the MINT would purposely forget mintmarks and stuff to get people to buy NEXT year's crap. Huh-uh! Nope. The MINT is a GOVERNMENT run place.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: keets

    I know what the question means, but after thinking about it, if I had "every Mint product since 1986" I would be wealthy beyond belief and I would nee a building of immense size to store it all in.



    think about it!!




    Yeah, it would be nice to have all of the coins minted, I'd be happy being so rich.



    But I think he means one of each and you bought them at the issue price.



    Then I would be sad.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I had them, I would be mad, since most would be a waste in today's market. Cheers, RickO
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,885 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yknow, you CAN edit polls with the new software.



    Were I not about to go, I'd show you.



    Make a poll on the Testing forum and play with it. I bet you'll figure it out inside a couple of minutes, as long as there isn't some software glitch unique to your account.

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  • GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 4,340 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would clearly be obsessive-compulsive and in need of serious mental treatment if I bought every mint product since 1986. I also would be living in a tent or cheap apartment with a ton of mostly useless boxes and COA's stacked to the ceilings of things that others want to steal.

    While I have no desire to ever get them all, I do have a preference for the gold and silver ones, so I am still guilty of this obsession.

    Plenty of good quotes in this link below refer to this illness.

    Diagnoses
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SanctionII
    If collectors in 1956 had been asked the same question about every mint product (coins made for sale to collectors and not circulating coinage) made and sold from 1892 through 1954 would they have given the same answers as those posted in replies to this thread?


    Those would be classics and worth a lot.....unlike the crap the mint has been putting out since 1965.
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: DIMEMAN
    Originally posted by: SanctionII
    If collectors in 1956 had been asked the same question about every mint product (coins made for sale to collectors and not circulating coinage) made and sold from 1892 through 1954 would they have given the same answers as those posted in replies to this thread?

    Those would be classics and worth a lot.....unlike the crap the mint has been putting out since 1965.

    There are plenty of modern commems that are much more attractive than some of the "classic" ones.

    My Adolph A. Weinman signature :)

  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are plenty of modern commems that are much more attractive than some of the "classic" ones.



    this is a very true statement. while I would agree that the majority of Modern Commemoratives are serviceable at best there are some which are quite elegant. I am in a rather advantageous position and see them regularly, some members may not even know that some exist. a few of my favorites:

    --- the Norse American with the Scandinavian Kroner included.

    --- Dolley Madison.

    --- Star Spangled Banner.

    --- 911 Commemorative Medal.

    --- the 1ozt. Platinum issues.



    I think if you pull out a RedBook and look you'll find some very worthy designs which reflect what our artisans can produce when we can manage to push the almighty dollar out of the way. but I'm sort of soft, I even like some of the SHQ/National Park designs!!
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: keets
    I even like some of the SHQ/National Park designs!!

    So do I, and many of the National Park designs hold up very well on the 5-ounnce silver versions.

    My Adolph A. Weinman signature :)

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