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San Francisco Old Mint
TraderGio
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Are these worth buying from a potential appreciation point of view?
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I have no idea if these coins will be any good or not. Sadly the view of the old mint is the standard “government issue” straight on look at the building, which comes off looking like a box. Why the government artists can't take a look at and use designs like the one that appeared on the Dolly Madison commemorative silver dollar, which gives images of a building some depth of field, is beyond me.
As for the reproductions of the old time reverse, that's OK, but I wish it could have been obverses instead. I just hope that the artwork looks like the old art work and not like a cheep looking gold or silver round.
<< <i>Why the government artists can't take a look at and use designs like the one that appeared on the Dolly Madison commemorative silver dollar, which gives images of a building some depth of field, is beyond me. >>
I suspect your grievance is with the CCAC, the CFA, and possibly congress, not the artists who design what they are told to.
>>>My Collection
Half eagle sales have reached 41.3% of the maximum 100,000-coin authorization, 42,325 coins, representing 29,255 of the single Proof gold coins and 12,070 of the single Uncircualted coins."
Once the mintage on the gold goes beyond 15,000 coins or so, it's not going to turn the investor types on. At the same time the sales proably won't bring in as much money as they hoped either. The issue prices probably now look to be too high given the recent drop in the gold bullion price. The mint can raise the price of these things, but they can't bring it down after they have raised it.
Sheesh...I was hedging my bets on the Unc. Gold, which usually has the lowest mintage on commems, but I agree with Bill that it will probably go up over 15k and collector value will be diminished....
Chicolini: Mint? No, no, I no like a mint. Uh - what other flavor you got?
<< <i>Half eagle sales have reached 41.3% of the maximum 100,000-coin authorization, 42,325 coins, representing 29,255 of the single Proof gold coins and 12,070 of the single Uncircualted coins."
Sheesh...I was hedging my bets on the Unc. Gold, which usually has the lowest mintage on commems, but I agree with Bill that it will probably go up over 15k and collector value will be diminished....
Should we cancel the orders?
Half eagle sales have reached 41.3% of the maximum 100,000-coin authorization, 42,325 coins, representing 29,255 of the single Proof gold coins and 12,070 of the single Uncircualted coins."
<< <i>I'm tempted to drop my half eagle..... >>
Make that 42,324 coins...
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