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Just fantasizing.... With the gold 2014 half dollar and a passing comment in the forums wishing for a 2015 gold March of Dimes dime (not to be, of course), it got me thinking as to a lovely potential (read: "fantasy") gold set from the US Mint: an all-gold mint set: cent, nickel, dime, quarter, half, and dollar. With the Presidential series ending before you know it, there'd only be one dollar to worry about, and maybe for the one-off set, you can go back to the '32-'98 quarter design or a preview of the planned 2021 restored Washington portrait/Washington crossing the Delaware quarter. (I don't think anyone would want 5 gold ATB Quarters in such a set). So, a six coin set - not sure what it'd weigh in gold and what the bullion value alone would be, but I'd like that set. Only question: the BU version or the proof version? You know, the mint has its 225th anniversary coming up in 2017. Good excuse. Just sayin'. |
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That would be cool! Proof!
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Rest in Peace
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 Proof. |
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It would be cool, but I am certain it would be priced out of my budget.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Proof.
Since we're just playing here, considering the 2014 Kennedy was .75 oz of essentially solid gold, I would expect your fantasy six-coin set to come in somehwere around the 2-oz range.
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Let's make it like the Kennedy half set and make it reverse proof, proof, enhanced blah blah blah. LOL! |
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Quote: Let's make it like the Kennedy half set and make it reverse proof, proof, enhanced blah blah blah. LOL! Go big or go home.  |
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So what is my set going to cost? About $3000? It'd be out of my league.  |
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Let's see: $3000 for a current mint offering --- or $3000 spent on real coins a hundred years old? TPG graded and with collectors who continue to seek these coins? My bias needs no further explanation. |
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$3000 could fill most of the remaining holes in my albums.  |
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$3000 could fill most of the remaining holes in my albums. That's a good point -- mine as well! |
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matthewvincent's got a good point.
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I have no problem buying new stuff from the mint, but I would not buy something that expensive.
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Sorry, no. Let's not have the US Mint turn into the Perth Mint of Australia or the Royal Canadian Mint with their hundreds of "specialty" offerings each and every year. And for $3 grand, I'd rather buy a correctly graded '09S-VDB LWC in MS64RED or MS65R&B. There will be enough expensive coins for your gold hounds next year for the MacNeil/Weinmann anniversary. So enough is enough. |
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Wow....That would be interesting......Not many of the General Public outside of coin collectors and speculators would buy it I would believe.
Also what would be the cost....market value of gold/plus ? I figure $5-600 myself.
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Quote:Sorry, no. Let's not have the US Mint turn into the Perth Mint of Australia or the Royal Canadian Mint with their hundreds of "specialty" offerings each and every year. |
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Posted 03/12/2015 2:11 pm
