Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy >>
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy >>
They look cool, but I have yet to see any big connection between TR and HS, so it seems a bit nonsensical. If they do the TRs across the whole line of coins, that'd make more sense as Teddy was a big proponent of the parks.
Seriously, PCGS, how much more does it take to print off a few more labels and give them to members?
No First Strike cutoff for the bullion, but a cutoff for the Ps? Huh? This FS thing is getting absolutely ridiculous.
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So about 70 total MS SP 70 so far out of 209 submitted according to the PCGS Pops. Went through 4 each of HS and YS Ps. Maybe one possible 70 of each. Sent in for grading.
Also looking at the DMPL on the bullions 14,976 graded and 15,478 PLs. Is this correct? So will this be the norm for these. Not rare at all but nice in 69 DMPLs.
Wouldn't all the HS-P-SP be first strike eligible as they were sold out before the deadline? Wouldn't a coin sold out in two weeks be in the 30 day window?
<< <i>Wouldn't all the HS-P-SP be first strike eligible as they were sold out before the deadline? Wouldn't a coin sold out in two weeks be in the 30 day window? >>
No, for 1st strike they must be submitted within the 30 day deadline, or kept in sealed shipping box dated within the window.
For whatever reason, the bullion versions all qualified.
<< <i>Wouldn't all the HS-P-SP be first strike eligible as they were sold out before the deadline? Wouldn't a coin sold out in two weeks be in the 30 day window? >>
No, for 1st strike they must be submitted within the 30 day deadline, or kept in sealed shipping box dated within the window.
For whatever reason, the bullion versions all qualified. >>
You are missing the point. If all the coins issued were struck, sold and shipped in two weeks, all are "First Strike." I guess I used the wrong word. Remove "Wouldn't" and replace with "Shouldn't." Yes, I am well aware of PCGS' rules but logically, every coin that was struck, sold and shipped in two weeks and the total issue was sold out within two weeks are "First Strike" coins. I don't want to start the whole "First Strike" argument again but it seems rather odd in this case.
The bullion versions qualify because the AP's want it that way.
I understood the first strike 30 day clock starts ticking when the items are shipped (at the first report of item in hand) remember the uhr fiasco, first 1 then 2 were verified, then all further shipping suspended for weeks, while the dealt with the book problem... I also remember that the 2010 plats were ALL shipped within 30 days, therefore all eligible (how ever you spell it ) in the case of these some may be returned for exchange and likely not re sent till after the 30 day window.
<< <i> understood the first strike 30 day clock starts ticking when the items are shipped (at the first report of item in hand) >>
I understood it to be when the Mint says they are shipped. How would PCGS know when the first person received the first coin? For the Yellowstone coin, I would say the clock started last Friday (5/20/2011), not Monday (5/23/2011) when they were deliveried.
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy >>
I think this was already covered.. FDR hung out at Warm Springs, GA.. I don't know WHAT TR's connection with Hot Springs is.. he didn't initiate the National Park system.. Ulysses S. Grant did, decades before TR assumed the Presidency (when McKinley was assassinated)..
TR's main contirbution to US coinage was befriending Augustus St. Gaudens on a train ride, resulting in the Saint, the Indian Head Eagle, and the St. Gaudens re-designed cent, which never went into production.. TR absolutely hated Barber's coin designs, and wanted a real artist with real talent to re-design them.. he wanted a much more "classical" or, if you prefer "artistic" look..
In Mint State, Barber's dime, quarter, and half are really quite stunning.. but worn down to low grades, they look awful..
Unfortunately, after its 1907 debut, St. Gaudens' High Relief Saint was flattened down to low relief, from 1908 - 1933.. ironically, thanks to.. Barber.. and the bankers who whined and kvetched that the High Relief coins didn't stack easily..
I know it sounds almost sacreligious to think of bankers stacking high relief Saints, but one has to remember that back then, a $20.00 Gold piece was worth $20.00.. these days, even a lowly MS61-ish 1907 High Relief Saint is worth low five figures..
So even joining PCGS at the $299.00 "Platinum" membership level won't get you a TR label.. that's nuts.. what do you have to do?.. Join at the $20,000.00 Zsa Zsa Gabor "Dahhling" level?..
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<< <i>I have not even opened my Yellowstone and do not intend to. Will keep a set sealed to sell in the future. I really don't care for the dull finish. >>
And you can scroll down and find HUGE .jpegs of both the Yellowstone quarter, and the Yellowstone Bullion bathtub stopper.. the detail on the quarter is actually more.. uhh.. detailed.. the second Bison, or Buffalo, if you prefer, is clearly visible, as are other things in the background.. just looks like some individual trees to me..
Talk about intricate designs.. take a look at the Gettysburg images..
It's not there yet, but I'm curious to see how they handle Mount Rushmore..
I can't think of any other National Monument, except for the Statue of Liberty, that's been on more moderns than that monumental granite sculpture.. in fact, the other day I sat down (not like I was standing up).. and tried to count how many different coins and different packaging options (singles and sets).. Mount Rushmore has been on over the years.. the three different 1991 Uncs. and Proofs, the SD State Quarter in its various flavors, and others I forget..
A friend visited the monument a few years ago on a trip to visit her family in Iowa.. she stopped at the gift shop, and bought me a three inch wide pewter replica of the monument, another one with a 3D image of it encased in a block of lucite, and I have another one that's a floating hologram encased in a brick of lucite, which one can set atop a little doohickey with three colored LEDs in it that cycle through the colors.. and I also have a HUGE puzzle made of hundreds of pieces of thick cardboard, that form a nearly two foot wide, foot high replica of the monument, when they're put onto pegs in the correct order.. like this::
It's hard to tell from the seller's photo, but there's a plastic base with three or four vertical pegs, and literally HUNDREDS of pieces of thick, gray cardboard.. each piece is numbered, and it comes with a cheat sheet, in case you go nuts trying to put it together, the sheet tells you exactly how to assemble it, which I've never bothered to do.. I remember seeing these, along with a similarly-designed huge 3D you-assemble-it puzzle of King Tut's death mask, and another one of the Sphynx at Toys'R'Them many years ago.. they came in an enormous box, and originally sold for over $50.00..
Anyway.. I'm not made of money, and buying every five ounce "P"uck is totally out of the question for me, but put me down for a Mount Rushmore, whenever it's due to be released..
For the trivia-inclined, as you know, Hitch's "North By Northwest" has some famous scenes of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint climbing all over the monument.. the National Park Service would not allow him to film on the monument itself, so he had to reconstruct it on a huuuuuuuuuuuuge soundstage..
Without cheating.. without looking it up.. can you name his original working title of "North by Northwest", which was kaboshed by the studio?..
(This is hilarious.. I did a preview of this post, and the Forum software told me I was using a "forbidden word", which it highlighted in yellow, and I'd have to remove it, before it allowed me to post this.. the forbidden word was the last four letters of Alfred Hitchxxxx's name)..
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I have not even opened my Yellowstone and do not intend to. Will keep a set sealed to sell in the future. I really don't care for the dull finish.
Thats a bit sad. These are too interesting to keep in a brown box. I'll allow my buffalo to get some light.
With silver creeping back up I'll guess these will be sold out in a few days. The mint is making a nice killing on these. I paid the basic $4.95 shipping but they sent it UPS Next Day. Lots of extra cash to spread a little goodwill. I'll take it.
<< <i>My Yellowstones and HS will go to PCGS for grading. Hopefully not a waste of money.... >>
Yeah gonna send in my two and two for a buddy we decided to put sets together and sell sell sell.So help me understand the cost, we can now send in under modern for 14 a coin or do we have to go econemy for the 18? We also have to add on 20 bucks for the bigger puck. Plus the First stike is another 18, geezzzzzzzzzzz, almost forgot the handling fee of 8.00 per coin. This figuers out to 60 bucks under mondern Per coin? Wonder if the pawn shop would take my drumset to hock paying for the pucks? Enjoy
Silly question re the special pucks: but which side is "supposed" to be showing when you open the box...and in what corner should the thumb tab be located?
Some have George face up...while others are showing the park side. Some have the thumb hole on the upper right while others are on the bottom right? What is the majority viewpoint (as I want to store them away in an orderly fashion).
<< <i>What kind of large bush is that growing behind the buffalo? >>
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For those who never saw this article from a year and a half ago.. this details the history of The Mint buying the special medal press from Germany, and doing trial runs with a "nonsense die", to practice the minting of these bathtub stoppers later in the year.. I can't help but wonder where those trial-run "nonsense" coins ended up.. ya think they melted them, stored them away somewhere, or are they sitting in some Congresscritter's desk, or in Moy's.. (as if there aren't any 1964 Peace Dollars in LBJ's desk, wherever that ended up)..
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<< <i><<everything i have gotten has GW on the front with the hole at about 2 o'clock >>
And yes, with HS I would have agreed...until I was greeted by a buffalo last night, right out of the box!
Guess someone in the Mint packing department's been drinking [again]! >>
Well i received my YS on Monday and it was GW up.... so i guess i would have to say ... " Its the government so logic and common sense is out the window "
<< <i>For those who never saw this article from a year and a half ago.. this details the history of The Mint buying the special medal press from Germany, and doing trial runs with a "nonsense die", to practice the minting of these bathtub stoppers later in the year.. ....... >>
Sure would like to know how Congress came up with the 3" wide nonsense for these and why they refused, allegedly, to modify the specs when it became clear the Mint was having production problems. Something's not right here. It just doesn't add up.
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<< <i>Silly question re the special pucks: but which side is "supposed" to be showing when you open the box...and in what corner should the thumb tab be located?
Some have George face up...while others are showing the park side. Some have the thumb hole on the upper right while others are on the bottom right? What is the majority viewpoint (as I want to store them away in an orderly fashion). >>
Not sure why it should matter; simply turn the puck over. Frankly, I'd want em George side down. As for the box inserts, will there be high hole and low hole versions?
<< <i>For those who never saw this article from a year and a half ago.. this details the history of The Mint buying the special medal press from Germany, and doing trial runs with a "nonsense die", to practice the minting of these bathtub stoppers later in the year.. ....... >>
Sure would like to know how Congress came up with the 3" wide nonsense for these and why they refused, allegedly, to modify the specs when it became clear the Mint was having production problems. Something's not right here. It just doesn't add up. >>
This is hearsay, but I heard somewhere that the Treasury wanted a 3-inch coin because there is law that requires certain replica coins to be no smaller than twice the size of the largest U.S. coin, and they figured nobody would bother to make a six-inch replica.
Don't know if this is true. SInce they rarely enforce the replica laws, it seems unlikely.
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<<Not sure why it should matter; simply turn the puck over. Frankly, I'd want em George side down. As for the box inserts, will there be high hole and low hole versions? >>
Well...knowing the anal-retentiveness of some collectors (present company excluded, of course), when these things are worth $5000/each in 30 years, and I take them to a show to sell...I want them to be set up correctly...or else I'll hear "Oh...you opened this, didn't you? Look the COA is creased and the buffalo is face up/down! So now it's only worth $3000!"
PS...that would be either 30 years...or the day after I croak and my kids run to the nearest pawn shop!!!
<< <i> ......... This is hearsay, but I heard somewhere that the Treasury wanted a 3-inch coin because there is law that requires certain replica coins to be no smaller than twice the size of the largest U.S. coin, and they figured nobody would bother to make a six-inch replica.
Don't know if this is true. SInce they rarely enforce the replica laws, it seems unlikely.
TD >>
I've got a feeling that, for whatever the reason, it was the Mint that recommended the 3" size on these things. It would have been an embarrassment to go back to Congress to ask for the spec change. Probably why both the director & asst director left in Jan.
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For those of you keeping score.. my HS "P" came George side up, with the finger lift hole thingie at the 10 o'clock position.. it was pushed down so tightly in the flocked plastic insert's recess, I couldn't get it out using the finger lift, so I gently pushed it out from the back-side.. after taking it out and putting it back in a few times, it now lifts out easily with the finger lift hole.. the COA was sitting on top of the capsule in the cheap, blue box, inside the cheap, blue slipcase, which was in a huge, brown shipping carton, which had a piece of brown, crumpled paper above the blue box, and another piece of brown, crumpled paper below the box.. I apologize for not being able to provide the exact dimensions of the two pieces of brown, crumpled paper.. the packing slip was.. uhh.. I forget.. under the blue box.. yeah.. under the blue box..
I opened the packing box from the bottom by slicing the single piece of tape holding the two flaps together, with a blade from a (genuine) Swiss Army Knife, made by Victorinox, in Switzerland.. the body of the knife is red.. it has two knife blades of different sizes, a bottle opener with a flat screwdriver head, a can opener with a smaller flat screwdriver head, a flip-out Phillips screwdriver, a flip-out leather or hole punch, metal tweezers with a gray plastic end that slides into a slot, and, on the other side, an off-white plastic toothpick that slides into a slot, and a ring on one end to affix it to a keychain, or, if you're so inclined, a piercing between your nostrils .. as I am not into piercing, I just keep it in my pocket, which, thorough investigation has led me to the conclusion that is a perfectly acceptable place to keep it.. the model of the knife is called "Tinker".. I bought it well over 25 years ago, and it came in a small red slip-case box with an instruction sheet..
I hope this information is sufficient for your purposes.. if not, contact me for any further details, measurements, or other nonsense you require..
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<<I hope this information is sufficient for your purposes.. if not, contact me for any further details, measurements, or other nonsense you require..>>
See...now we have a 10 o'clock and a 2 o'clock...and I'm sure we're going to have a 4 o'clock and an 8 o'clock in the not too distant future.
And yeah...I need to now what kind of tape was used to seal your box...was it 3M, Scotch or some other? I won't tolerate this lack of precision in your details!
But in all seriousness, has anyone actually been able to lift out the damn coin using the finger hole? I know I've had to remove the entire insert and push from the back in every case too.
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You have to get a little agressive when pulling it out using the finger hole, which is usually at the upper right corner.
dig in and pry.
you can also stick a pair of tweezers in between the top half and bottom half of the capsule and pry it up a little that way. Using this method to get a little more room at the bottom the capsule makes it easier to pry out of the hole.
<< <i><<I hope this information is sufficient for your purposes.. if not, contact me for any further details, measurements, or other nonsense you require..>>
See...now we have a 10 o'clock and a 2 o'clock...and I'm sure we're going to have a 4 o'clock and an 8 o'clock in the not too distant future.
And yeah...I need to now (sic) what kind of tape was used to seal your box...was it 3M, Scotch or some other? I won't tolerate this lack of precision in your details!
But in all seriousness, has anyone actually been able to lift out the damn coin using the finger hole? I know I've had to remove the entire insert and push from the back in every case too. >>
For shame!.. 3M MAKES "Scotch" brand adhesive tape.. please write this on the blackboard one thousand times.. Thank you..
It was one, two inch-wide strip of tape which sealed the two bottom flaps of the carton, and ran a couple of inches up each side.. I can't verify positively if it is or isn't 3M brand Scotch tape, since there is no logo on it.. this would require laboratory analysis, if you are prepared to pay for it..
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And I'm not sure, but it might have a light hit on the big buff's side, past the ribs, have to find a pic of a good one to compare.
<< <i>Someone just flashed me this auction for a Hot Springs PCGS SP70. Maybe it's been mentioned here before?
I have always thought that Hot Springs NP was synonymous with Franklin Roosevelt, no?
Hot Springs SP70 - Roosevelt Label >>
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy
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<< <i>Someone just flashed me this auction for a Hot Springs PCGS SP70. Maybe it's been mentioned here before?
I have always thought that Hot Springs NP was synonymous with Franklin Roosevelt, no?
Hot Springs SP70 - Roosevelt Label >>
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy
Looks good. Not First Strike.
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<< <i>Someone just flashed me this auction for a Hot Springs PCGS SP70. Maybe it's been mentioned here before?
I have always thought that Hot Springs NP was synonymous with Franklin Roosevelt, no?
Hot Springs SP70 - Roosevelt Label >>
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy
They look cool, but I have yet to see any big connection between TR and HS, so it seems a bit nonsensical. If they do the TRs across the whole line of coins, that'd make more sense as Teddy was a big proponent of the parks.
Seriously, PCGS, how much more does it take to print off a few more labels and give them to members?
No First Strike cutoff for the bullion, but a cutoff for the Ps? Huh? This FS thing is getting absolutely ridiculous.
Also looking at the DMPL on the bullions 14,976 graded and 15,478 PLs. Is this correct? So will this be the norm for these. Not rare at all but nice in 69 DMPLs.
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<< <i>Wouldn't all the HS-P-SP be first strike eligible as they were sold out before the deadline? Wouldn't a coin sold out in two weeks be in the 30 day window? >>
No, for 1st strike they must be submitted within the 30 day deadline, or kept in sealed shipping box dated within the window.
For whatever reason, the bullion versions all qualified.
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<< <i>Wouldn't all the HS-P-SP be first strike eligible as they were sold out before the deadline? Wouldn't a coin sold out in two weeks be in the 30 day window? >>
No, for 1st strike they must be submitted within the 30 day deadline, or kept in sealed shipping box dated within the window.
For whatever reason, the bullion versions all qualified. >>
You are missing the point. If all the coins issued were struck, sold and shipped in two weeks, all are "First Strike." I guess I used the wrong word. Remove "Wouldn't" and replace with "Shouldn't." Yes, I am well aware of PCGS' rules but logically, every coin that was struck, sold and shipped in two weeks and the total issue was sold out within two weeks are "First Strike" coins. I don't want to start the whole "First Strike" argument again but it seems rather odd in this case.
The bullion versions qualify because the AP's want it that way.
(l8-)>>
<< <i> understood the first strike 30 day clock starts ticking when the items are shipped (at the first report of item in hand) >>
I understood it to be when the Mint says they are shipped. How would PCGS know when the first person received the first coin? For the Yellowstone coin, I would say the clock started last Friday (5/20/2011), not Monday (5/23/2011) when they were deliveried.
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<< <i>Someone just flashed me this auction for a Hot Springs PCGS SP70. Maybe it's been mentioned here before?
I have always thought that Hot Springs NP was synonymous with Franklin Roosevelt, no?
Hot Springs SP70 - Roosevelt Label >>
Well finally called to find out about those labels and was told that as a member I was not allowed to get these labels as they were only for bulk submission? or dealers? Anyway I thought being a member I could get those labels, guess not. So Was told for First Strike Hot Springs has to be postmarked by June 4th. So It looks like I will send in the first two this week to our host for the first strike. Anyone Else think those roosevelt labels weere cool? Enjoy
I think this was already covered.. FDR hung out at Warm Springs, GA.. I don't know WHAT TR's connection with Hot Springs is.. he didn't initiate the National Park system.. Ulysses S. Grant did, decades before TR assumed the Presidency (when McKinley was assassinated)..
TR's main contirbution to US coinage was befriending Augustus St. Gaudens on a train ride, resulting in the Saint, the Indian Head Eagle, and the St. Gaudens re-designed cent, which never went into production.. TR absolutely hated Barber's coin designs, and wanted a real artist with real talent to re-design them.. he wanted a much more "classical" or, if you prefer "artistic" look..
In Mint State, Barber's dime, quarter, and half are really quite stunning.. but worn down to low grades, they look awful..
Unfortunately, after its 1907 debut, St. Gaudens' High Relief Saint was flattened down to low relief, from 1908 - 1933.. ironically, thanks to.. Barber.. and the bankers who whined and kvetched that the High Relief coins didn't stack easily..
I know it sounds almost sacreligious to think of bankers stacking high relief Saints, but one has to remember that back then, a $20.00 Gold piece was worth $20.00.. these days, even a lowly MS61-ish 1907 High Relief Saint is worth low five figures..
So even joining PCGS at the $299.00 "Platinum" membership level won't get you a TR label.. that's nuts.. what do you have to do?.. Join at the $20,000.00 Zsa Zsa Gabor "Dahhling" level?..
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
I like it. No doubling or whatever it is. I have one more to inspect tonight.
<< <i>What kind of large bush is that growing behind the buffalo? >>
Dunno.
I bet most haven't noticed the 2nd buffalo on this puck. I never noticed it on the quarter.
I have not even opened my Yellowstone and do not intend to. Will keep a set sealed to sell in the future. I really don't care for the dull finish.
<< <i>What kind of large bush is that growing behind the buffalo? >>
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<< <i>I have not even opened my Yellowstone and do not intend to. Will keep a set sealed to sell in the future. I really don't care for the dull finish. >>
This.
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<< <i>What kind of large bush is that growing behind the buffalo? >>
AnGeyser Busch? >>
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<< <i>What kind of large bush is that growing behind the buffalo? >>
The US Mint has a "press image" library of enormous .jpegs of current and (some) past coins and medals..
You don't need a press pass to view anything there..
go here::
Link
And you can scroll down and find HUGE .jpegs of both the Yellowstone quarter, and the Yellowstone Bullion bathtub stopper.. the detail on the quarter is actually more.. uhh.. detailed.. the second Bison, or Buffalo, if you prefer, is clearly visible, as are other things in the background.. just looks like some individual trees to me..
Talk about intricate designs.. take a look at the Gettysburg images..
It's not there yet, but I'm curious to see how they handle Mount Rushmore..
I can't think of any other National Monument, except for the Statue of Liberty, that's been on more moderns than that monumental granite sculpture.. in fact, the other day I sat down (not like I was standing up).. and tried to count how many different coins and different packaging options (singles and sets).. Mount Rushmore has been on over the years.. the three different 1991 Uncs. and Proofs, the SD State Quarter in its various flavors, and others I forget..
A friend visited the monument a few years ago on a trip to visit her family in Iowa.. she stopped at the gift shop, and bought me a three inch wide pewter replica of the monument, another one with a 3D image of it encased in a block of lucite, and I have another one that's a floating hologram encased in a brick of lucite, which one can set atop a little doohickey with three colored LEDs in it that cycle through the colors.. and I also have a HUGE puzzle made of hundreds of pieces of thick cardboard, that form a nearly two foot wide, foot high replica of the monument, when they're put onto pegs in the correct order.. like this::
Mt. Rushmore 3D Puzzle Link
It's hard to tell from the seller's photo, but there's a plastic base with three or four vertical pegs, and literally HUNDREDS of pieces of thick, gray cardboard.. each piece is numbered, and it comes with a cheat sheet, in case you go nuts trying to put it together, the sheet tells you exactly how to assemble it, which I've never bothered to do.. I remember seeing these, along with a similarly-designed huge 3D you-assemble-it puzzle of King Tut's death mask, and another one of the Sphynx at Toys'R'Them many years ago.. they came in an enormous box, and originally sold for over $50.00..
Anyway.. I'm not made of money, and buying every five ounce "P"uck is totally out of the question for me, but put me down for a Mount Rushmore, whenever it's due to be released..
For the trivia-inclined, as you know, Hitch's "North By Northwest" has some famous scenes of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint climbing all over the monument.. the National Park Service would not allow him to film on the monument itself, so he had to reconstruct it on a huuuuuuuuuuuuge soundstage..
Without cheating.. without looking it up.. can you name his original working title of "North by Northwest", which was kaboshed by the studio?..
(This is hilarious.. I did a preview of this post, and the Forum software told me I was using a "forbidden word", which it highlighted in yellow, and I'd have to remove it, before it allowed me to post this.. the forbidden word was the last four letters of Alfred Hitchxxxx's name)..
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
<< <i>I still want Fred Flintstone on my Jellystone coin!!! >>
I'm partial to Yogi and Boo-boo...and maybe Mr. Ranger. Fred Flintstone had been dead for a million years before Jellystone Park was declared...
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Although the burnished Mint ones are fine, I don't feel like paying the high mark-up over spot for them. APMEX Olympic NP
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<< <i>I still want Fred Flintstone on my Jellystone coin!!! >>
I'm partial to Yogi and Boo-boo...and maybe Mr. Ranger. Fred Flintstone had been dead for a million years before Jellystone Park was declared...
Yup, you are right. Yogi and Boo-boo on the front label and Mr. Ranger on the back!!!
Thats a bit sad. These are too interesting to keep in a brown box. I'll allow my buffalo to get some light.
With silver creeping back up I'll guess these will be sold out in a few days. The mint is making a nice killing on these. I paid the basic $4.95 shipping but they sent it UPS Next Day. Lots of extra cash to spread a little goodwill. I'll take it.
<< <i>My Yellowstones and HS will go to PCGS for grading. Hopefully not a waste of money.... >>
Yeah gonna send in my two and two for a buddy we decided to put sets together and sell sell sell.So help me understand the cost, we can now send in under modern for 14 a coin or do we have to go econemy for the 18? We also have to add on 20 bucks for the bigger puck. Plus the First stike is another 18, geezzzzzzzzzzz, almost forgot the handling fee of 8.00 per coin. This figuers out to 60 bucks under mondern Per coin? Wonder if the pawn shop would take my drumset to hock paying for the pucks? Enjoy
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Some have George face up...while others are showing the park side. Some have the thumb hole on the upper right while others are on the bottom right? What is the majority viewpoint (as I want to store them away in an orderly fashion).
<< <i>What kind of large bush is that growing behind the buffalo? >>
Cannabis sativa.
And yes, with HS I would have agreed...until I was greeted by a buffalo last night, right out of the box!
Guess someone in the Mint packing department's been drinking [again]!
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
<< <i><<everything i have gotten has GW on the front with the hole at about 2 o'clock >>
And yes, with HS I would have agreed...until I was greeted by a buffalo last night, right out of the box!
Guess someone in the Mint packing department's been drinking [again]! >>
Well i received my YS on Monday and it was GW up.... so i guess i would have to say ... " Its the government so logic and common sense is out the window "
<< <i>For those who never saw this article from a year and a half ago.. this details the history of The Mint buying the special medal press from Germany, and doing trial runs with a "nonsense die", to practice the minting of these bathtub stoppers later in the year.. ....... >>
Sure would like to know how Congress came up with the 3" wide nonsense for these and why they refused, allegedly, to modify the specs when it became clear the Mint was having production problems. Something's not right here. It just doesn't add up.
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
~ Vince Lombardi
<< <i>Silly question re the special pucks: but which side is "supposed" to be showing when you open the box...and in what corner should the thumb tab be located?
Some have George face up...while others are showing the park side. Some have the thumb hole on the upper right while others are on the bottom right? What is the majority viewpoint (as I want to store them away in an orderly fashion). >>
Not sure why it should matter; simply turn the puck over. Frankly, I'd want em George side down. As for the box inserts, will there be high hole and low hole versions?
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<< <i>For those who never saw this article from a year and a half ago.. this details the history of The Mint buying the special medal press from Germany, and doing trial runs with a "nonsense die", to practice the minting of these bathtub stoppers later in the year.. ....... >>
Sure would like to know how Congress came up with the 3" wide nonsense for these and why they refused, allegedly, to modify the specs when it became clear the Mint was having production problems. Something's not right here. It just doesn't add up. >>
This is hearsay, but I heard somewhere that the Treasury wanted a 3-inch coin because there is law that requires certain replica coins to be no smaller than twice the size of the largest U.S. coin, and they figured nobody would bother to make a six-inch replica.
Don't know if this is true. SInce they rarely enforce the replica laws, it seems unlikely.
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Well...knowing the anal-retentiveness of some collectors (present company excluded, of course), when these things are worth $5000/each in 30 years, and I take them to a show to sell...I want them to be set up correctly...or else I'll hear "Oh...you opened this, didn't you? Look the COA is creased and the buffalo is face up/down! So now it's only worth $3000!"
PS...that would be either 30 years...or the day after I croak and my kids run to the nearest pawn shop!!!
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This is hearsay, but I heard somewhere that the Treasury wanted a 3-inch coin because there is law that requires certain replica coins to be no smaller than twice the size of the largest U.S. coin, and they figured nobody would bother to make a six-inch replica.
Don't know if this is true. SInce they rarely enforce the replica laws, it seems unlikely.
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I've got a feeling that, for whatever the reason, it was the Mint that recommended the 3" size on these things. It would have been an embarrassment to go back to Congress to ask for the spec change. Probably why both the director & asst director left in Jan.
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
~ Vince Lombardi
I opened the packing box from the bottom by slicing the single piece of tape holding the two flaps together, with a blade from a (genuine) Swiss Army Knife, made by Victorinox, in Switzerland.. the body of the knife is red.. it has two knife blades of different sizes, a bottle opener with a flat screwdriver head, a can opener with a smaller flat screwdriver head, a flip-out Phillips screwdriver, a flip-out leather or hole punch, metal tweezers with a gray plastic end that slides into a slot, and, on the other side, an off-white plastic toothpick that slides into a slot, and a ring on one end to affix it to a keychain, or, if you're so inclined, a piercing between your nostrils
I hope this information is sufficient for your purposes.. if not, contact me for any further details, measurements, or other nonsense you require..
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
See...now we have a 10 o'clock and a 2 o'clock...and I'm sure we're going to have a 4 o'clock and an 8 o'clock in the not too distant future.
And yeah...I need to now what kind of tape was used to seal your box...was it 3M, Scotch or some other? I won't tolerate this lack of precision in your details!
But in all seriousness, has anyone actually been able to lift out the damn coin using the finger hole? I know I've had to remove the entire insert and push from the back in every case too.
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dig in and pry.
you can also stick a pair of tweezers in between the top half and bottom half of the capsule and pry it up a little that way. Using this method to get a little more room at the bottom the capsule makes it easier to pry out of the hole.
<< <i><<I hope this information is sufficient for your purposes.. if not, contact me for any further details, measurements, or other nonsense you require..>>
See...now we have a 10 o'clock and a 2 o'clock...and I'm sure we're going to have a 4 o'clock and an 8 o'clock in the not too distant future.
And yeah...I need to now (sic) what kind of tape was used to seal your box...was it 3M, Scotch or some other? I won't tolerate this lack of precision in your details!
But in all seriousness, has anyone actually been able to lift out the damn coin using the finger hole? I know I've had to remove the entire insert and push from the back in every case too. >>
For shame!.. 3M MAKES "Scotch" brand adhesive tape.. please write this on the blackboard one thousand times.. Thank you..
It was one, two inch-wide strip of tape which sealed the two bottom flaps of the carton, and ran a couple of inches up each side.. I can't verify positively if it is or isn't 3M brand Scotch tape, since there is no logo on it.. this would require laboratory analysis, if you are prepared to pay for it..
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..