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This is out of my league. It would have been nice to have a silver option approved for minting. Same goes for the dime and half.
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This is out of my league. It would have been nice to have a silver option approved for minting. Same goes for the dime and half.  Not sure what the price will be but, it would be more productive to see a silver. A retired coin collector with a budget. |
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Looks nice .. Any idea if it will be the size of a real quarter? I know the HH limit is 1 so maybe it will hang around longer than the Mercury. I really want one but it's probably going to be expensive!
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Pillar of the Community
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Again it will be smaller than an actual quarter as only 1/4 oz gold
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100K mintage, and household limit of one? Good news to me. The Gold Mercury dime sold out in a few hours, and I missed out. Not that I'm bummed about it, because the Gold SLQ is the one I really want (of the three), and it would be nice if it's available for at least 24 hours.... |
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Very nice looking coin ... Pretty sure I will pass on it.
I am with the others ... Wishing there would be a silver set.
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A lot of Mercury dimes survive today in impeccable condition. The Mercury head design may be recycled for the Palladium bullion program, if there ever is such a program. The Walking Liberty design, while attractive, is by now all too familiar. Same is true with the classic Buffalo nickel design. The Standing Liberty silver quarters were notoriously poorly struck, and most have never seen a high grade example in person. Among the 3, the Standing Liberty is the most elegant design of the 3, which is saying something in this standout design group. The SL Quarter had an extremely short tenure as regular coinage. So, I will be very glad to get one of these, which could be the only chance to get a fancy remake of this recycled (terrific) design, when hopefully the trend will move to innovation, from re-using the designs of yesteryear. But that said, I hope they are able to fix the terrible finning problem that afflicted the Mercury reissues, caused by the thin planchet. Unfortunately, I do not have high hopes. |
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The mint should just change the gold "Eagle" program next year. The 1/10 oz should be the Mercury dime design, the 1/4 oz should be the SLQ design, the 1/2 oz design should be the WLH, and the 1oz should stay the St Gaudens. Of course I feel that would "cheapen" the heritage of the original designs but since the mint has already done that by going there this year . . . . . |
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Not a bad idea. I still will not be buying gold though.  |
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I took the day off from work just to buy one. The last time I did that was for the 2011 25th Anniv. ASE's.  |
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Valued Member
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This coin caught my interest, not a fan of the US Mint coin program, but I ordered one today.
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I placed my order  |
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