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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Just visited the Gatewest site to check a coin's price and noticed they are offering two new War of 1812 coins. One is gold, one is silver -- they weigh 1 kilogram each.
First time I'm seeing these coins for sale.
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Since nobody else uploaded the photos, here they are.   |
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Gatewest is selling the Silver coin for $ 2,249.95 The gold one says "call for price". The Mint does sell other 2012 Kilo gold coins for $ 69,000 so I would surmise that Gatewest's price will be around the same. http://store.gatewestcoin.com/cgi/v...7822H&site=1Its not the prettiest website out there but one thing it is is FAST. I'll take a simple and fast website over a "pretty" one so full of flash that it takes over a minuet just to load any day of the week. Edited by jpaiva83
06/08/2012 11:04 am
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Only thing I want to know about the war of 1812 is when the American's will admit they lost a war to a small province that had little in weapondry on American home soil.
Note that I have studied stories from both sides and contemporary accounts of why it happened.
On the coins; not bad although the mint could easily have done better.
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06/08/2012 11:48 am
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Does anyone know the mintage of the silver 1kg War of 1812 coin?
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On the coins; not bad although the mint could easily have done better.
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+1. I'm glad I don't like em.
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IMHO, the guy looks like a cartoon character. Trying the figure out which one....
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@ jsinger21, if you went to gatewest's web page using the link I previously provided, you would have found the information you seeked. Here it is below: Product Specifications: - Face Value: 250 dollar - Mintage: 600 - Composition: 99.99% Pure silver - Weight (g): 1,000 - Diameter (mm): 102.1 - Edge: Serrated - Finish: Proof - Certificate: Serialized - Artist: RCM engravers' representation of the King George III Peace Medal. Product Specifications: - Face Value: 2,500 dollar - Mintage: 20 - Composition: 99.99% Pure gold - Weight (g): 1,000 - Diameter (mm): 101.6 - Edge: Serrated - Finish: Proof - Certificate: Serialized - Artist: RCM engravers' representation of the King George III Peace Medal. |
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Funny enough there wasn't any details 5 minutes earlier. They must have updated their website as we speak.
Thanks.
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Interesting. It looks like gatewest has an exclusive on this coin. http://www.gatewestcoin.com/press.htmlThe coins look very nice. Too bad about the fat mole man. I guess you have to keep historically accurate though. |
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They have had these coins on their website for a month, but they just didn't have the link up yet.
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Too bad about the fat mole man Trying to think about the cartoon character I was envisioning, then Peter Pettigrew got into my head.  |
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I like the coin and think they did a nice job with the design based on the original Peace medal. George III was not the most handsome of Britain's Kings, so don't "shoot the artist."  I also like the maple leaf and crossed swords mark on the coin's obverse - a nice touch! If the silver version wasn't priced at roughly 250% of its melt value, I would likely be an eager buyer. However... Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Posted 06/08/2012 10:54 am
