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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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My bad; I should have read the original post more carefully.
With the large size of the medals, the high relief, and the high standards to which these medals will be required to be,
.999 silver is a better material from which these will be struck. Multiple (I guess4 ?) strikes will be needed for each medal. That means 40,000 strikes for the medal die pair, which would be about their limit.
Perhaps that helps to explain why 10,000 will be struck.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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My fiance's son is a Lieutenant Commander in the Coast Guard (the equivalent of a Major in the Army), so I'll be getting this for him. The Air Force medal recently released sold out their 10,000 allotment pretty quickly.
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996 |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Perhaps the limit should be increased to 20,000 by the production of another working die pair. The demand for them certainly seems to be there.
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Valued Member
United States
112 Posts |
I bought this medal the day it went on sale—my dad is a proud Coast Guard veteran.
It's still listed as PROCESSING. Perhaps they'll ship it one day.
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Valued Member
United States
88 Posts |
You know the mint, received mine earlier this week.
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Valued Member
United States
112 Posts |
Yeah. I reached out to the mint today... Was told there are delays. That's all they'll say.
So I wait....
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Moderator
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
112 Posts |
The funny thing is I worked directly across the street from the Philadelphia Mint! Can't I just.. like.. knock on the door?
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Moderator
United States
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The funny thing is I worked directly across the street from the Philadelphia Mint! Can't I just.. like.. knock on the door? Well, they have a gift shop.  |
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Valued Member
United States
112 Posts |
Ha. It's currently closed because of Covid. Otherwise I would.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
730 Posts |
I ordered one for my father-in-law CG vet within the first 2 minutes on day of release. It landed on my doorstep (literally...UPS left it there) less than an hour ago.
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United States
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Ha. It's currently closed because of Covid. Otherwise I would. Oh yeah.  |
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Valued Member
United States
112 Posts |
NOW they're accusing me of disputing charges from the US Mint on my credit card and claiming that's why there is a hold. Never once have I disputed a charge with them. This is ridiculous. It also makes me VERY fearful for my Peace & Morgan orders!
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Valued Member
United States
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It took a lot longer than the Air Force coin, but this one is now unavailable (as of earlier this week.)
I find it hard to believe that the 1oz versions of this and Air Force will still arrive this year, but we'll see.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have doubts about the 1 ounce also. They currently have nothing scheduled for December. Maybe a month long office party.
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