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With the exception of a few pretty obvious coins the aftermarket is a usually better. The problem is we don't know which ones those "others" will be. In this case so far it looks like you'll be in pretty good shape if you wait. The dime and flowing hair maybe a little tougher than the other 2. In my case I just wanted them and didn't want to risk it. The mint is going to get some extra money from me because of it. I generally don't sell coins so a small premium now hopefully will be offset in holding for a long time.
Then my kids will sell them for pennies on the dollar and I'll roll over in my grave but I had fun:)
Edited by pilotaggie
08/30/2026 4:24 pm
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United States
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Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that the set just arrived. The bad news is that the silver medal appears to have a slight "beauty mark" (a.k.a. ding) on the face of Lady Liberty on the obverse. It's not all that visible in hand, but clearly visible when magnified.      I know a lot of you [Most of you? All of you?] would probably return the set to the Mint and try to get a replacement, but for now I'm just going to hold onto it. I'm not planning on having it graded and the mark does give it a certain charm... |
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the mark does give it a certain charm... An identifying mark if she is ever kidnapped.  |
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United States
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Available again, and household limit removed. In case anyone wants to get a second, or third   |
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Available again, and household limit removed. In case anyone wants to get a second, or third  |
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United States
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Clearance sale at the mint? Price dropped to $5640  |
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Is the mint desperate to get rid of them?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I assumed it was just because the price of gold has dropped since the price of the set was initially set.
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I see my set just shipped, guess this will likely be on sale for the rest of the year?
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Now that the price has dropped I'm thinking I need to get a second set do some cost averaging.
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United States
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Well, there's good news and bad news.
The good news is that the set just arrived. The bad news is that the silver medal appears to have a slight "beauty mark" (a.k.a. ding) on the face of Lady Liberty on the obverse. It's not all that visible in hand, but clearly visible when magnified.
I'd personally get an exchange. Personally if I were paying $5k for that set it better be flawless. |
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United States
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I received my set this morning, everything looks fine except what I see is 3 tiny scratch marks on the eagle, I didn't open the plastic cover to check, but I think is on the medal itself, can't really see it without magnification, so I enhance the image of the reverse side to spot where it is on the eagle body, there were some fine lint present on the sun, not sure if is in the capsule, was in a hurry to leave work, so I will check again tonight.   |
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I received my set this morning Excellent!  Quote:
everything looks fine except what I see is 3 tiny scratch marks on the eagle... not sure if is in the capsule, was in a hurry to leave work, so I will check again tonight. Ihope everything is fine.  |
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United States
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I'm disappointed how the medal looked with the BOM 1907 Saint Gaudens set, so this probably will be it for me with this series and save some money.
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One thing I don't like about the silver medal is the reverse earth. It shows most of USA, maybe part of Oregon, Washington but no Alaska ot Hawaii. Washington, Oregon California areas did not become US territory untill around 1846 so it can't be argued the artist only wanted to show the USA as it was in 1804. The artist could have turned the earth and have fewer clouds to show all 50 states. The artist may have needed to move Hawaii closer or Alaska down some to fit them in but it didn't need correct proportions and distances. Above it says United States of America. Oops sorry Alaska and Hawaii.
I really like the medal's obverse.
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