I'll probably get the silver medal (wish it was a dollar coin but whatever). I'm probably not going to get the gold. I might get the Wonder Woman version one day though.
@Onastone said:
My favorite Superman joke....The scene begins with an excited group of people standing outside pointing to the sky, mouths hanging open... "Look it's a BIRD! No, It's a Plane!" Just think about that for a second, why would a large group of people be so excited to see a bird? Have you ever seen people pointing to the sky saying, "Look at that...a bird!!!!"
I was hoping the punchline would have been something more like "crowd of people looking to the sky with mouths hanging open and someone saying "Look, it's a bird! No, It's a plane!" and then someone pointing to the person next to them with something white, that had just fallen from the sky, landing on their face/mouth and saying "yep...definitely a bird!"
@ambro51 said:
Pointless waste of effort. Joke coins? Who dreams this crap up?????
People who look at attendance figures at Comic-Cons, as opposed to coin shows, and people who look at sales results from world mints that have offered similar items in the past. That's who.
Anyone who doesn't get it simply isn't in the target demographic. Which is fine, and is why Baskin-Robbins has historically offered 31 flavors when traditionalists never saw a need for anything beyond vanilla and chocolate.
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I had a booth at a major "comic-con" event once. Lots of people, more than any coin show. But they were all just looking - mostly at each other (costumes). No buyers. I don't think that demographic has a lot of disposable income.
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I think you'd be surprised. Maybe not to buy what you were selling, but there is a ton of money in comics, and those folks travel all around the country, spending tons of money to attend those shows.
And, as you said, there are a lot of them. I happen to think the Mint is piggy selling (or trying to sell) tens of thousands of numismatic gold coins at around a $1,000 per ounce premium to historically high gold, so I just don't know what the market will be for those. But I suspect the silver medals will be popular, with the comic-con demographic as well as with whoever was buying from the foreign mints.
DC knows what it is doing with licensing. They wouldn't get involved if they thought it would tarnish their franchises in any way. Having these bomb would be a terrible look for them.
The Mint isn't taking a huge chance, based on what other mints have already done. The only wild card is the pricing, since the Mint will be seeking to sell many times what the foreign mints produced, at similar premiums, and at much higher spot metal prices.
They should stay away from silver if they don't want to tarnish their image.
Its Americana from a halcyon era. I think the Mint is somewhat obligated to enhance retailing especially in light of the money losing commitments they are forced to design and produce.
So why cede that marketplace to other countries/mints?
@MsMorrisine said:
50s era truck and passenger plane? perhaps they are making a statement but those two don't say hope and strength
The real Superman was George Reeves, star of "Adventures of Superman", the 1950's TV series. The '50s were a great time to be a kid.
It’s too bad they didn’t think of making a higher budget movie back then with the guys who wrote the scripts for the first season of “TheAdventuresofSuperman” providing the plot line. Phillis Coats was a better Lois Lane.
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I'll probably get the silver medal (wish it was a dollar coin but whatever). I'm probably not going to get the gold. I might get the Wonder Woman version one day though.
I was hoping the punchline would have been something more like "crowd of people looking to the sky with mouths hanging open and someone saying "Look, it's a bird! No, It's a plane!" and then someone pointing to the person next to them with something white, that had just fallen from the sky, landing on their face/mouth and saying "yep...definitely a bird!"
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I'm surprised these aren't colorized.
They should stay away from silver if they don't want to tarnish their image.
His leg on the reverse appears to be in an awkward position. His foot should be flat on the ground or on the first rail. IMO
USAF veteran 1984-2005
Its Americana from a halcyon era. I think the Mint is somewhat obligated to enhance retailing especially in light of the money losing commitments they are forced to design and produce.
So why cede that marketplace to other countries/mints?
Not surprising, and it is an attractive design.
no phone booth??
It’s too bad they didn’t think of making a higher budget movie back then with the guys who wrote the scripts for the first season of “The Adventures of Superman” providing the plot line. Phillis Coats was a better Lois Lane.