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New Member
United States
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The coins are all beautiful with the 5 ouncers being my favorite. The error is on the outer sleeve, so it will be an easy fix for anybody who wants the correct packaging. As easy as sliding out the card with the coins and into the new sleeve.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I will ask for the Corrected Version and put in the same Envelope with the Error Pamphlet The error is on the sleeve that houses the insert with the coins. There is no pamphlet in this set. Best bet would be to store the error sleeve flat IMO. |
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New Member
United States
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I might be wrong, but I think that he meant the advertising pamphlet that was mailed out from the mint. I have also kept mine and will keep it with my coins. I am still in awe of the 5 ounce coins, they are beautiful in hand!
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Pillar of the Community
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Stop teasing me....my saucers are arriving this afternoon
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
The "saucer's" in-stock date has just changed to Aug23 & the halves set's backorder status has been removed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4901 Posts |
Yup...ordered some extra half sets yesterday and they changed to "processing"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4901 Posts |
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The "saucer's" in-stock date has just changed to Aug23 WOW! That sucks....Wasn't it like May something? Must have issues cranking 'em out. Label people: FS/ER is now a real thing and will probably add decent value to those slabs. Gonna be expensive though... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think this article from CoinWorld explains why we are having these delays - interesting read: https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...llenges.htmlThe bottleneck may well be the production of dies: "Harrigal said that, when it was determined that the production dies would be each individually machined, the process was reduced from 14 hours per die to 11.5 hours. With a sellout being projected, it's likely 1,000 pairs of dies will have to be prepared." |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1,000 pairs of dies for 100,000 coins. I know that's what the article said, but I find it really hard to believe that they're only going to strike 100 coins on each die pair.
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New Member
United States
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The history of the mint's first 5 ounce curved coin is being written as we speak. I can almost see the paragraph in a future RedBook referring to "multiple problems with dies causing them to be frequently replaced". With all the "firsts" happening with this issue, the limited mintage and this new development, this might become a very popular coin. Maybe I am just super excited about my order, lol. (I have 2 saucers arriving today!) Someone tell me to calm down. |
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Valued Member
United States
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No need to calm down. I think you'll be very pleased when you see them in hand. Far exceeded my expectations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If they actually only get 100 coins out of each die set, I wouldn't be surprised if this ended up being the last curved 5oz coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1,000 pairs of dies for 100,000 coins. I know that's what the article said, but I find it really hard to believe that they're only going to strike 100 coins on each die pair. The article takes a bit of journalist license  If you listen to the interview, Harrigal says they're getting 500-700 coins per die. So, they'll need around 200 sets of dies. Still a lot, but not 1,000  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Anyone else have trouble removing the $1 proof coin from the packaging. Mine arrived just as I was leaving to catch a flight. I wanted to see it before I left but that sucker is in there tight. Felt as if I was going to tear the packaging if I kept trying so I just left it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wonder if the mint will have any Apollo coins for sale at the Long Beach coin show that starts today. They usually have a booth there.
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