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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I believe you either have the sterling silver first edition President mini coins here from the Franklin mint in the 1970's or you have the 2009 reproduction silver plated versions.
I could be wrong on this but I looked around for you.
In the silver versions there is 1.2 grams of silver and of course none if they are plated. Either way, the value is not all that high. Probably a buck a piece.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I see Bush is in there ... Well, I would guess now that they are the 2009 silver plated versions. Minimal value. Probably Washington would sell for a little more than the others. On the reverse, I am guessing that there are initials FM under the Eagle tail feathers. And  to CCF! Edited by TNG
01/15/2012 09:05 am
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Valued Member
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under the eagle's tail feathers, there are the numbers 999 which I think they mean .999 silver?
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Bedrock of the Community
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What is the approximate diameter of these coins?
Could be .999 silver but all I have found in silver were .925 sterling? I know that the Franklin mint put out a lot of different medals and coins. The design is exactly like what I have found.
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01/15/2012 10:56 am
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Valued Member
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hi, the diameter of these coins is 4 cm with a 2mm thickness
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Valued Member
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hi is a close up of the 999 and possibly the mint mark on the reverse side of the coin, just beneath the eagle;s tale.  |
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under the eagle's tail feathers, there are the numbers 999 which I think they mean .999 silver? I think if it was silver content it would be marked .999,could it be an issue number,ie. 999 of 2500?  |
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Valued Member
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but they are all marked 999. each coin weighs - 20g and has a diameter of 4 cm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I haven't given up yet. I found a webpage LINK of a well known person in this hobby and I think if you were nice in an email and pointed him to this page or sent him your question, you might get an answer. Look for the email link at the bottom of this page. I pretty much looked the whole page over for your coins/medals but only found similar items. Please let us know what you find out here for others to know should this come up again. I am very curious now myself. I also take back my estimate on the value I posted earlier. Edited by TNG
01/16/2012 12:06 pm
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Valued Member
Malta
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thanks nickel guy, I have sent him an email, hope we get to the bottom of this :-) because this is interesting, I googled and googled, but up till now no answer.
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United States
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It could most certainly be .999.
And unfortunately, .999 plated.
If indeed they are comprised of silver (not silver plated), I would venture to estimate they are worth melt value.
Edited by CheetahCats
01/20/2012 03:37 am
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Valued Member
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thanks, but it is kind of starnge that we don't know where they came from
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Sorry to bump an old thread. But did anyone ever get information on these? I have come across some of the same with Abe Lincoln and Richard Nixon, and I can't seem to find any similar items on ebay or elsewhere online. I do believe they are 999 silver (not issue #999 out of x as mentioned above) Thanks in advance. |
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