Been staring at George Washington for a bit now and.....
BECOKA
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Yes it looks like a Chuckee Cheese Token but it is growing on me.
Just some thoughts after looking at a few from a $1000 box.
It is shiny (Lustrous),
The face looks like a loony toon (But it is growing on me),
The edge lettering is really pretty neat (No two are alike),
I will always know when a president served (Adding to my historical archive called a brain). I won't mix the term date with the coin date because of the cool edge lettering.
I think the design might be OK if it was not so shiny. It is so shiny that it almost does not look like metal (Kinda looks like a token).
OK now for my final numismatic analysis,
what do you do with a Chuckee Cheese Token? You put it in machines (Mainly Games but still machines).
What will we do with the Presidential dollars? Why put them in machines of course Mainly train stations and vending machines.
It looks like the Mint followed a program that already works by looking at casinos and Chuckee Cheese to get these into circulation.
Now we just have to supply all of the vending machine companies with these dollars to give them back as change and we are in business.
Talking to the people who refill our machines at work they say the only reason they don't is they could never get a hold of the Sacajawea dollars so they gave up. The machines all take them but does not give them back.
Edited 2/21/2007: Went to McDonald's for lunch today and decided to spend some of these. I handed them to the cashier and he gave them a really funny look. He then looked like he wanted to question them but then just put them in the register and gave me my receipt. I think he was too afraid to ask.
It was actually nice not having to open My wallet, I just reached into my pocked and pulled out Five dollar coins.
Just some thoughts after looking at a few from a $1000 box.
It is shiny (Lustrous),
The face looks like a loony toon (But it is growing on me),
The edge lettering is really pretty neat (No two are alike),
I will always know when a president served (Adding to my historical archive called a brain). I won't mix the term date with the coin date because of the cool edge lettering.
I think the design might be OK if it was not so shiny. It is so shiny that it almost does not look like metal (Kinda looks like a token).
OK now for my final numismatic analysis,
what do you do with a Chuckee Cheese Token? You put it in machines (Mainly Games but still machines).
What will we do with the Presidential dollars? Why put them in machines of course Mainly train stations and vending machines.
It looks like the Mint followed a program that already works by looking at casinos and Chuckee Cheese to get these into circulation.
Now we just have to supply all of the vending machine companies with these dollars to give them back as change and we are in business.
Talking to the people who refill our machines at work they say the only reason they don't is they could never get a hold of the Sacajawea dollars so they gave up. The machines all take them but does not give them back.
Edited 2/21/2007: Went to McDonald's for lunch today and decided to spend some of these. I handed them to the cashier and he gave them a really funny look. He then looked like he wanted to question them but then just put them in the register and gave me my receipt. I think he was too afraid to ask.
It was actually nice not having to open My wallet, I just reached into my pocked and pulled out Five dollar coins.
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Everyone who has reported after having seen one says it looks more like a token than a coin. Since I enjoy collecting presidential brass tokens, I'll probably enjoy collecting these if I can get them.
After you went through all these coins, what is your take on overall grades? Are the ones you got all beaten up like others are reporting? I saw a video of all that the coins go through during minting and I can't see how any would not be all beaten up. Is anything over MS64 going to be a rarity? Are there a lot of edge lettering errors?
Jonathan
The one roll I went through ranged between MS64 and MS66 and the 66 is pushing it. Because of the way the coin looks a 65 or 66 has decent eye appeal and again is Dansco worthy.
<< <i>My Grandaughter is having fun buffing the rims with a dremil. She will add her own printing and sell them on EBAY as giveaways. >>
Sell as giveaways? If you give it away how can you sell it?
Sounds fun either way.