New US Mint Silver Presidential Medals

jessewvu · May 3, 2021 5:38PM

Has anyone else ordered one of these? I purchased the Thomas Jefferson one and liked it so much I got the rest that are available. They are REALLY nice! The detail and strike quality is superb.

https://catalog.usmint.gov/medals/presidential/silver-presidential-medals/

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3stars · May 3, 2021 6:12PM

Just ordered the latest 2, will have all 9 once it ships . Pu them in a Whitman SAE folder for presentation. Silver looks great with the dark blue

3stars · May 3, 2021 6:13PM

Also glad we are out of the handshake reverse, that was getting tedious.

MedalCollector · May 3, 2021 7:10PM

@3stars said:
Also glad we are out of the handshake reverse, that was getting tedious.

After William Henry Harrison, there are 3 more with the handshake reverse: Tyler, Polk, and Taylor.

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ · May 3, 2021 9:24PM

have been collecting these, so picked one up

@3stars also v v v happy the reverse is different - v nice reverse, but bummed to hear well be returning to the handshake - thx for the heads up, @GoldenEgg

are the silver reverses going to all be the same as the bronze reverses? is there somewhere to view all the bronze reverses that you're aware of?

BillJones · May 4, 2021 3:45AM

I would rather collect the 19th century versions of these medals in bronze with the mahogany finish.

ricko · May 4, 2021 5:06AM

Nice looking medals....Not an interest of mine, but less expensive than the ASE's. Cheers, RickO

bsshog40 · May 4, 2021 7:17AM

I started collecting these when they first came out. Have 2018-2020. They were $40. Another series of inflated mint products that I quit!

OPA · May 4, 2021 7:24AM

I do not collect these. However, to those complaining about the US Mint price increases, have you compared them to the other major World Mint pricing of their products? US Mint pricing is still below their averages. Get used to it, unless you decide to terminate your numismatic endeavors.

WAYNEAS · May 4, 2021 7:30AM

No interest at this time.
Wayne

cheezhed · May 4, 2021 7:34AM

I have a subscription.

bsshog40 · May 4, 2021 8:06AM

@OPA said:
I do not collect these. However, to those complaining about the US Mint price increases, have you compared them to the other major World Mint pricing of their products? US Mint pricing is still below their averages. Get used to it, unless you decide to terminate your numismatic endeavors.

You work for the mint? I don't have to get use to anything. I just change my preferences from modern crap to classics!

Hydrant · May 4, 2021 9:02AM

I have purchased the Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson coins so far. Later on the Lincoln and Grant coins. That will be it for me. They are very nice coins.

coinsarefun · May 4, 2021 9:06AM

@3stars said:
Just ordered the latest 2, will have all 9 once it ships . Pu them in a Whitman SAE folder for presentation. Silver looks great with the dark blue

I wonder if these will tone like the silver eagles.......might be a good idea a make them look very cool

MedalCollector · May 4, 2021 6:05PM

@ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ said:
have been collecting these, so picked one up

@3stars also v v v happy the reverse is different - v nice reverse, but bummed to hear well be returning to the handshake - thx for the heads up, @GoldenEgg

are the silver reverses going to all be the same as the bronze reverses? is there somewhere to view all the bronze reverses that you're aware of?

I’m not familiar with the plans for the series, but I would think that they will use the same reverses as were used for the miniature (1 5/16 IN) bronze medals. However, some of the presidents had multiple medals, so who knows what they will use for those presidents.

Some of the reverses are quite spectacular. One of my favorites is the Andrew Johnson reverse.

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ · May 4, 2021 6:33PM

@GoldenEgg said:

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Some of the reverses are quite spectacular. One of my favorites is the Andrew Johnson reverse.

oh wow ... 😲 ... can only hope they use this design for the Johnson medal - beautiful!

BillJones · May 5, 2021 5:10AM

Here are a couple of the 19th century mahogany finish presidential medals. In old days, very few collectors wanted these pieces, and they used to be cheap. Prices have gone up. The mintages are often in the few hundreds at most.

BillJones · May 5, 2021 6:38AM

are the silver reverses going to all be the same as the bronze reverses? is there somewhere to view all the bronze reverses that you're aware of?

It looks like these pieces are patterned after the Indian Peace medals. The reverse did not change from the hand shake until the Millard Fillmore piece first issued circa 1850.

After that there were occasional reverse design changes along with the change in president. The classic reference is "The Medals of the United States Mint, the First Century 1792 - 1892" by R. W. Julian.

Starting with Rutherford B. Hays in 1877, the medals were oval shaped. I'm not sure what the mint will do with them. Perhaps they were use the mint issued inaugural medal designs like the Chester Arthur piece I posted above or this one for Benjamin Harrison.

Edited to add: It looks like they have switched the reverse on the William Henry Harrison piece already.

OPA · May 5, 2021 7:48AM

@bsshog40 said:

@OPA said:
I do not collect these. However, to those complaining about the US Mint price increases, have you compared them to the other major World Mint pricing of their products? US Mint pricing is still below their averages. Get used to it, unless you decide to terminate your numismatic endeavors.

You work for the mint? I don't have to get use to anything. I just change my preferences from modern crap to classics!

No, I do not work or never have worked for the US Mint. And how much money are you going to save by going classic?

edited to correct spelling.

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BillJones · May 5, 2021 7:56AM

@UrbanDecay04 said:
My grandfather had a silver medal book with all of the past presidents worth about $4k... He sold it to take care of his wife's dad... He ended up passing away anyways shortly after... all of that went to waste

I am not sure what that set could have been. It was probably not a U.S. Mint issue.

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BillJones · May 5, 2021 8:00AM

If it was a Franklin Mint issue, you probably didn't lose much more than the melt or scrap value. Most Franklin Mint material has not held its value.

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bsshog40 · May 5, 2021 10:44AM

@OPA said:

@bsshog40 said:

@OPA said:
I do not collect these. However, to those complaining about the US Mint price increases, have you compared them to the other major World Mint pricing of their products? US Mint pricing is still below their averages. Get used to it, unless you decide to terminate your numismatic endeavors.

You work for the mint? I don't have to get use to anything. I just change my preferences from modern crap to classics!

No, I do not work or never have worked for the US Mint. And how much money are you going to save by going classic?

edited to correct spelling.

I never mentioned wanting to save money. I did however say I wouldn't pay the prices for modern junk anymore. Big difference!!!

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MsMorrisine · May 5, 2021 3:50PM

Just had this question dawn on me:

“any milk spotting issues?”

JBK · May 5, 2021 4:52PM

@MsMorrisine said:
Just had this question dawn on me:

“any milk spotting issues?”

That would be one of my fears.

They are gorgeous medals but I would be worried about spotting/toning, and the price increase bothers me.

JBK · May 5, 2021 4:57PM

@BillJones said:
If it was a Franklin Mint issue, you probably didn't lose much more than the melt or scrap value. Most Franklin Mint material has not held its value.

Agree on the fact that most FM products, although extremely well done, were bad investments, unless the owners sold during a strong silver market.

Many of those silver issues were issued when silver was cheap, so even with the huge markup over spot they could be sold at a break even point or even a profit.

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