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Pillar of the Community
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Nice coins muddler! A couple of questions... >> do you prefer proof to unc in the commemorative half eagles? if so why? I ask because I have a number of these in UNC and I purposely bought the UNC's 'cause they are of lower mintage. Just curious what motivates collectors to buy the proof vs. the unc. >> looks like the NPS half eagle is TPG'd. Is it? Can you help me understand your motivation for buying a slabbed modern coin like that vs. directly from the mint? You feel it is worth the premium? >> finally, how do you store these? I'm struggling with deciding how to store the several commemorative half eagles I own...they are all in their original mint capsules except one. I'd put them in an album if I could, but I'm not sure I like the Lighthouse brand coin capsule album, and I really don't want to take them out of their capsules. I just picked up the UNC NPS half eagle myself, and two of the NPS half dollars (UNCs as well). I liked the half NPS design way better than the silver dollar...wish they had minted the 50c piece in silver! Thanks. |
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@one_fine_dime
If I had a choice I would generally get the uncirculated coins but I preferred the look of the proof Mark Twain. The NPS coin was purchased off E bay at a lower price than issue from the mint so I went for it. As for storage I'm about 50/50 on mint packaging and slabs. I have yet to find a display mode I like to put them all in.
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Pillar of the Community
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If I thought the commemorative Walker was going to drop in price I would buy more of them. I wonder if a couple of years from now they will be selling for $400 each if price of gold continues to fall? Same for all the other gold 2016 commemoratives. If gold ends up selling for $800 an ounce I can't see anyone wanting to pay $800 for a half ounce gold Walker?
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Very nice muddler! You certainly had yourself one golden year!  (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!) Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great set of coins! I snagged the Twain proof as well... love it!  |
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Quote:Very nice muddler! You certainly had yourself one golden year! (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!)  |
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Rest in Peace
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That's a beautiful selection. I think they did a great job in 2016 in putting out some coins of real significance and beauty.
It's nice to see your "stack".
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Valued Member
United States
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The details on the 2 commems is just great. And this is on a nickel sized coin. To bad the parks quarters couldn't have the same people designing them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That Mark Twain coin is nice. It has aspects of real art like some of the early 20th century gold coins from Saint-Gaudens.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow .... those are really very nice muddler ...
Making me want to pick up some gold ....
But trying to stay focused ... sometime in the future I will have to
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Outstanding additions muddler.
Great to view all those lovely coins in one place.
David
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had gone astray from my early commemorative set, I'll need to pony up and finish it with a Hawaii half this year.
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Valued Member
United States
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I had purchased the US Marshals $5 before your post because I just liked it. It was my first gold $5 commem. After your post I started looking at these a little more and then I got the $5 Civil War one. I think that I may have gotten the gold bug on these if the price is right. :)
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Pillar of the Community
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I also got the 1995 civil war one in proof last year. All three of those commemorative coins are pleasing.
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Valued Member
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The two that I got were in PCGS holders so I figured that was a plus. Actually cost less than those that weren't
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