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Mintage of Presidential 1st Lady Gold Coins?
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Anybody heard anything or know?
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If there is an opportunity to scam.. scammers will flock... so worry - just be sure you understand weights etc.... and buy coins when you can hold them or from trusted board members. Cheers, RickO
Not going there, so I don't care!
If I'm not mistaken, the $10 gold First Spouse coins will be about 1.043" in diameter.
<< <i>What's the deal with the bronze replicas of the First Lady half eagles? I wonder if we should worry about gold-plated examples? >>
The bronze designs will also be a little different, no denomination, and a couple other small varietiations.
<< <i>Anybody heard anything or know? >>
Have they even started minting them yet?
As far as I know, they're being minted to order, with no proscribed maximum or minimum mintage, so we won't know until the minting period for each Hag™ is completed.
Be very VERY careful about the appearance of bronze plated gold versions.
I recall that CW said something like the Mint was getting copyright protection on some products and will anounce them later.
So, I wonder if there will be 'special' products later. They might release the coins in May, but maybe in October they release a product with the Prez and his wife as a limited set, thus messing up the 'original' mintage limit.
This is the Mint ya know.
Anyway, save up your CC limit, with these and the Platinums and who knows what else, it could get crazy toward the end of the year.
That is a total of 60000 of these coins sold total for the 4 coins.....
There is going to be Proof and Unc versions of these coins as well, so some really low mintages are indeed possible.....
<< <i>There is going to be Proof and Unc versions of these coins as well, so some really low mintages are indeed possible..... >>
I predict when we get to some of the more obscure mid-19th century First Ladies, we'll see unpredecented low mintages -- possibly even below 1000 pieces.
<< <i>Anybody heard anything or know? >>
CCAC to Meet in Washington March 20
Panel Will View Design Candidates for 2008 First Spouse Coins, Congressional Medal to Honor Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at United States Mint Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct business associated with the CCAC’s responsibility to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on themes and designs pertaining to United States coinage.
The United States Mint will present obverse and reverse design candidates to the CCAC for the 2008 First Spouse Gold Coin Program, and the Congressional Gold Medal to honor Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug.
Who: Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC)
Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5135, the CCAC was established to:
• Advise the Secretary of the Treasury on any theme or design proposals relating to circulating coinage, bullion coinage, Congressional gold medals, and national and other medals produced by the Secretary;
• Advise the Secretary of the Treasury with regard to the events, persons, or places that the Committee recommends to be commemorated; and
• Advise the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the mintage level for any commemorative coin recommended.
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 9 a.m. (ET)
Where: United States Mint Headquarters, 2nd Floor Conference Room,801 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20220
Note: The CCAC meeting is open to the public. News media are welcome.
Contact: Press inquiries: Jim LaFemina (202) 354-7222
Customer Service information: (800) USA MINT (872-6468)
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Agreed. And by that point, we'll be melting the Martha's.
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