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New Member
United States
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So what is everyone's thoughts on the GS coin coming out on Feb 28? Anyone planning on picking it up?
I am picking up a proof version to put away for my daughter, that is 5 right now, maybe one day she will selling the cookies, so I thought it would nice to get and put away for her.
Thoughts?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is a decent design, no COTY award winner, can't see it appealing to anyone other than those wanting to support the girl scouts. Also raising the price is not going to help, unless you buy them early at intro price.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't much care for the design myself, so I won't be buying any of them. Might raise the resell value of the coin later on for those who do buy it, but I read around the net that the design isn't much liked.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nobody likes it, nobody buys it, ten years from now it is a hard to find key coin in the Modern Comms series. The design isn't hideous, it represents diversity  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
899 Posts |
Design might represent diversity... but I find it of little interest for my $50 stake. I'll hold out for the generals as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3453 Posts |
I like the obverse, not the reverse. Not my favorite design but since I have the Boy Scout coins, I will most likely impulsively purchase it as a match.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
From the conversations I've had with other forum members, it doesn't seem to a hit in their eyes. Might be the next lower minted commem if it doesn't sell. We'll see I guess.
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
I'll wait for the secondary market. Working on a set but not at issue price.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7187 Posts |
I will add this one and the five star general one when it comes out to my complete commemorative proof set.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The obverse is terrible, the reverse is fine. A design of a girl scout in a uniform would have been much better for the obverse. I also think the fact that theres a girl scout commem makes it even worse that a girl was put on the boy scouts one
I will only be getting this because I'm doing an MS set, if I wasnt doing the set I would pass on this one. The 5 star general is very disappointing as well.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
 United States
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Though the obverse design appears to lack creative flair, I'll wait to see the coin in hand before I decide on the merits of a particular design - Mint website illustrations don't always flatter the actual coins. I'll be ordering an Unc for my collection.
In terms of popularity, I'd venture to say that by the time the coins go off sale at the end of the year, the Uncirculated version will sell between 80,000 and 110,000 coins, and the proof will sell just over double those numbers. Neither total will place the coin among the "keys" of the series.
Just my thoughts...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't need the new girl scout comme, my 2010 boy scouts coin already has a girl on it.  Edited by Penny4Me
02/14/2013 9:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know why they are picking the lesser designs for these coins. If you search for them you can see the other choice they had was much more creative. The same can be said for the Boy Scout coins. I am not impressed nor willing to spend money on them as they apparently not only commemoratives, but statements as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like I am in the minority then. I bought the Boy Scout commems because my son was heavy into scouting at the time and he HAD to have it. Plus it made a really cool gift for the Pack Leader. It is my impulsive nature that will dictate my purchase of the Girl Scout coin. Believe it or not, I do like (not love, though) the three little girls on the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
899 Posts |
I think if they had shown a bit more of the adventure of being a GS as they had in several of the designs for the Obverse it would have a chance to be a big selling coin. You can see the various designs that were considered here: http://news.coinupdate.com/cfa-desi...dollar-1394/To me this coin and the BS coin are more about "diversity" than they are about the scouts or the organizations themselves. That puts them into political statement coin form for me and not truly a commemorative coin. On the other hand... the reverse isn't all bad and might look decent in hand, but I'll have to hear from some others how they like it. |
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New Member
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Wonder is the Mint will lower the cost based on the declining silver rates? Prolly not!
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