Best of the Mint 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set
mbr33
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At the recent prices of gold, the second release in the Best of the Mint program would be priced at $1627.50. Mintage limits still unknown, but would you be interested at this price? Or, have too many acquired this one in 2016 when it was offered before (without a silver medal, of course).
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I got all 3 in 2016, 2 were 70s, the dime was 69. But I was working back then, and retired now.
I want to get the dime, quarter, and half this year, but the overall cost is making me choke.
If I miss out on any 1, it kind of sets me back and defeats the purpose, for me.
Budget is very tight for much more. I may be able to stretch it and get 1 of the 1-oz gold coins. At best I'll have to decide between the 1804 BoM $1 and the 1907 AGE. Leaning toward the 1907, but feel I'll have FOMO for the 1804.
I've also said this before, and it may not be a popular opinion, but I coulda done without the silver medals. They do nothing for me.
After this Thursday’s initial release, it will be interesting to see if plans change for some who might miss out on it. I know a small number who plan to try for all 5, but at approximately $17,000 grand to pull off that feat, that group has shrunk.
As far as the medals, you could sell them, as I know that some would be happy just to own the companion medals. Haven’t seen any presales of the first release being split up…..yet. Somebody will do it.
I also doubt the silver medal added any cost to the set.
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This morning the Mint ATS number for the second in the BOM set has appeared. "ats": 10800,
I wonder if that's the limit or if that is like 14,000 minus ABPP.
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I'm sure the number will change, but the BOM1 started at 20,000 and didn't drop down to take into account the ABPP until much closer to drop date.
From the added stock at this point..........
ats: 375
That's the dime - for anyone reading this
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Some of this stuff can be tempting at first, but if you have been collecting for as long as I have, you learn that the modern stuff tends to “stack up” in your safe or safe deposit box and become a “so what?”
The mint issued a gold Standing Liberty Quarter in 2016. If you have that older one, why do you need the new one? I have neither. I do have a 1917 Type 1 quarter with a full head in MS-65 which I find more interesting for less money.
The only gold retro coin I have is the 2014 Kennedy Half Dollar. It is packaged impressively in a beautiful wooden box instead of the cheep cardboard the mint issues now. The reason, of course, is that some many people have to get everything certified so that they can get the most money for it. Not everything needs to be certified.
Why do I have the gold Kennedy? When I was in the 9th grade, that coin met a lot to me as something new as a collector. Call it nostalgia. I bought the Jackie Kennedy First Spouse gold coin too, which is also in a nice wooden box. They are a set which reminds me of a time when things seemed more optimistic before the Kennedy assassination. Then came Vietnam. Call my feelings a sort of lost youthful naïveté
I wasn’t alive when the 1916 quarter was introduced, so I have no emotional attraction to it.
I pretty much doubt any of us on this forum were alive then, Bill. But I do have all three 2016 gold coins plus the Kennedy. Kind regards, George
Buyers club participants now have a sour taste in their mouths from the Mercury Dime BOM set - being stood up for their agreed upon deals.
My response - oh well. You learned your lesson. Nothing comes without risk.
Better for the rest of us trying to get some of these sets without the "sneaker and toy" flippers in the game.
Ooooops!
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That aside, the recent drop on gold might help this second BOM release become more affordable to collectors who thought their only option would be the dime.