Just saw this thread. These are beautiful silver bullion coins. Even though the design doesn't change like the Pandas,Kooks and Koalas, I think it is the most attractive design of any world bullion coins.
This is great series to collect. .999 silver, a gov't issued and backed bullion made by the oldest mint in North America, one of the most history laden mints in the world, plus ridiculously low mintages. Plus not many people collect these which makes this a relatively affordable series to collect. I have a completed Dansco album, an almost complete Dansco album of high MS Libertads and a far from completed NGC registry set.
The reluctance of people to collect this series has a lot to do with the non-changing design, though the design was completely changed in 1996, hence the difference between your 1994 and 2000 coins. the size was also changed from 36mm X 4mm to 40mm X 3mm. I love the "thick" feeling of the older design. The other reason is the non-monetization of the Libertad. Even though the $1 on the
ASE's, the $5 dollars on the SML's , the 10 Yuan on the Panda's and the $1 dollar on the
Kookaburra's mean absolutely nothing in the real world, because the Libertad isn't stamped with a denomination, people treat it like a glorified silver round. I guess people like to "think" they are collecting money.
The up side is the mintages range from 67,000 in 1998 to 2,458,000 in 1992. The lowest
ASE mintage was 3,603,386 and those coins command a hefty premium. Yours are two of the lower mintages, the 7th and 8 lowest in the series. Don't worry about cracking them out of their Littleton Coin Co. holders to put them in an album, they give them no added value. This is a great series to collect and you are already 2/34ths of the way to a complete set. And when you get through with the 1oz, they started making fractionals in 1991 and 2oz and 5oz in 1996, some of those have mintages of only a couple thousand. And don't get me started on the proofs
Posted 05/19/2015 12:29 pm
