5 Oz. Silver Parks, News Updates And Discussions

Here is a question to discuss. Will each design be released in succession or will the entire years issues be released at the same time?

I heard that all 2010 issues will be released together because the start-up issues have pushed the 2010 release late into the year.

Next year, the mint will release them in succession as they do with the quarter dollar series.

I'm really curious as to how many CCF members will get these. And if they'll get each one or just a couple favorites, and as to what level of collecting they'll pursue with these, etc.,etc.,etc.
This is a good thread and topic....but I'd be interested to see some hard numbers !
Someone should do a POLL ! ...hint hint....

I got my Dolley Madison when it came out......and it is SUPER NICE ! But yeah, I knew that would be all I could afford......I would have liked a Martha Washington too but.....
It just isn't within my income to collect that whole series.....never will be. But with this point for me, it's the same thing with the 5oz. Silvers. Spending $600.00 a year on "just" those, is not going to happen..... I have too many albums to complete with the extra money that I "do" have.......it won't go towards those.
"IF" the series (5oz) does stop at the 11 year mark.....and that's an "IF", because they said it might continue on, and if the price is and remained at $125.00 for each one.....$600.00 per year for 11 years = $6,600.00
I DON'T THINK SO ! ..... NOT FOR ME ! .... NOT JUST FOR A GLORIFIED GARGANTUAN SILVER QUARTER (which is basically just a commemorative or an homage to the standard Parks Qtr. really)(and in my opinion I don't think it will end up being a very good "investment tool" for silver at all......numismatically speaking though....that remains to be seen I guess)


(and don't forget shipping and handling for each and every one too!)

$6,600.00 will go to many other, more important things, .......such as LIFE ! ....

I'm just more apt to "frown" than I am "smile" when it comes to these....I'll be "reasonably" happy to own one or two but that will be the extent of my purchasing for this series.

That was the official line but it doesn't hold water. If they can't letter the edge on the 5 oz because it is too thin then they can't letter the edge on the NA and President dollars either because they are only HALF the thickness of the 5 oz coin. Last I looked the NA and President dollars DID have lettering. The last I heard though they are planning on putting edge lettering on the 5 ozers using a three piece collar instead of rolling it through an edge die like the dollar coins. (Personally I thnk they would probably do better if the increased the number of edge segments. The proof dollar coins use a one inch spring toggled collar segments, the 5 oz quarter would use 3.1 inch collar segments.

IMHO this whole thing is just silly.
The mint can't even keep up with ASE demand, and that is a 'legit'
coin! It's just a friggin joke... :mad:

I hope they don't monetize these stupid things. I have been reading
and have yet to find anything on a legal tender status for these. ?

The way I look at it is that if they don't give these legal status
and monetize them, like the ASE, then they are NOT coins. They fall
into the same category as the silver and bronze medals, tokens, and
non-monetary commems that the mint has produced/marketed for decades.
None of which is considered a 'coin' to complete any sort of collection.

Call it what you want, medal, token, bullion, all of the above...
If it isn't given legal tender status, it isn't on MY radar.

Ratio411, I have to agree with your frustration on the legal tender issue of the 5 ouncer. Last I herd they were exact replicas of the park quarters making them $.25 legal tender!

I still wonder, will this commemorative bullion series do to the bullion community what the State Quarters did to the coin community? This is a speculation worth our attention IMO!