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2025 William Mckinley Presidential Silver Medal Available May 12, 2025
2025, May 12
On May 12 at 12:00 ET, the US Mint (Mint) will sell the William McKinley Presidential Silver Medal directly to the public. From March 4, 1897, until his passing on September 14, 1901, McKinley served as the 25th president of the United States. He presided over the United States' triumph in the Spanish-American War while in office.  Each Presidential Silver Medal has a diameter of 1.598 inches and is made of 99.9 percent pure silver. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to "create national medal dies and strike national and other medals if it does not interfere with routine minting operations, but may not prepare private medal dies," according to 31 U.S.C. § 5111(a)(2), which was used to produce this medal. For many years, the Treasury Department has honored each U.S. President with an official bronze medal made by the Mint and issued by the Secretary. The Mint is currently using 99.9% pure silver to replicate the bronze presidential medal program. Charles E. Barber, the Mint's sixth chief engraver, designed the obverse and reverse. "WILLIAM McKINLEY" is inscribed alongside a bust of the President on the obverse (heads). "INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF#8729;THE#8729;UNITED#8729;STATES#8729;MAR#8729;4#8729;1897," "SECOND TERM MAR#8729;4#8729;1901," "ASSASSINATED SEP#8729;6#8729;1901," and "DIED SEP#8729;14#8729;1901" are inscribed on the reverse (tails). Every medal has a certificate of authenticity and is encased. It costs $90 to purchase the William McKinley Presidential Silver Medal. Product code S825, and orders can be placed at https://www.usmint.gov/william-mcki...al-S825.html Check out William McKinley Medals on ebay. |
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My order has shipped! I know that it probably would be cheaper to wait and buy it on ebay, but it seems I'm impatient and want it now. |
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Worth the extra to get it now.  |
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Mine from the mint was ordered as well..  |
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I'm one of the few who buy on ebay the graded ones. I started working on a set graded MS70 seven months ago, mostly with the First Strike designation. Yes, I know the FS really means nothing, but overall, with patience, I bought mine at relatively low prices. Some were bought there on auction at well below the $90 raw price from the mint, others only slightly higher. My most recent one, Ben Harrison, was bought at $127.50. I currently see on ebay a John Adams medal (2018) graded MS70 FS, with a hand-signed label by Thomas S. Cleveland, a U.S. Mint AIP Master Designer for only $96 plus reasonable shipping. Yes, this one has light toning areas on the obverse, but for many collectors, that's ok. There's also one of John Quincy Adams (2019) for $119.00 OR Best Offer, shipping included. Compared to the current raw Mint price of $90, I think that pricing is very fair. PCGS Pop of this MS70 is only 80, lol. Most of these have PCGS Pops of only around 100, graded MS70. However, demand is super low, which is why the market pricing is also low. After seven months, I now need only two more. I'm doing it this way NOT to eventually make a profit, but just as a way to own these beautiful medals in a way that makes it easy to safely handle and easily see them. Steve A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996Edited by Winesteven
05/14/2025 08:39 am
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The Presidential Silver Medal Series are an Awesome Historic Modern day chance to have these consecutively issued examples. I too have been collecting these from the start, All Originally packaged from the U S Mints. Some people enjoy having these slabbed, I think w/e floats your craft , go for it. That said, I like the slabbed idea for ease of viewing, That's it. I have hundreds of slabs I bought for the residents inside. Storage is another topic Storage for the OGP is troublesome too, However I enjoy the examples as they are Awesome as they are. Enjoy All that indulge....  My Order has shipped Too......... |
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I fully agree with @Morgans Dad!
Steve
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996 |
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Steve, I am 69 years young, I wish My practices allowed Our Grand-Children to Handle OGP'g , They do Not touch it. Where as a Slabbed set can be trusted to hold up under the Same conditions Far better than OGP. For that, I like the slabs. I see in the snip I copied and posted that : Quote: " The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to "create national medal dies and strike national and other medals if it does not interfere with routine minting operations, but may not prepare private medal dies," according to 31 U.S.C. § 5111(a)(2), which was used to produce this medal. " Who made the Dies.?  |
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Steve, I am betting the Silver Presidential Series in MS-70 Looks Awesome, Best Wishes, Mike. |
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Mike - Yes, the slabs are nice, and I only recently started using my second 20-slab PCGS box for storage. Because the value is not "relatively" high, I'm comfortable keeping these at home. You correctly pointed out the storage problems of a set with dozens of OGP's.
As to your interesting Die question, I have no idea.
Steve
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05/14/2025 10:57 am
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Talking about President William McKinley, many people don't know the very interesting story that many years ago when they were naming mountains, at that time there were two mountains getting named, one in Alaska and the other in the state of Washington. They decided to name them after McKinley and Rainier, but initially didn't know which of the two mountains to name after which person. As we now know, the one in Alaska was named after McKinley, and the one in Washington was named after Rainier. But do you know WHY? They decided to name the mountain in Washington as they did because in Washington, it was rainier, lol.  Steve A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996Edited by Winesteven
05/14/2025 11:06 am
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Steve, Did a William Dickey have anything to do with it, .... Edited by Morgans Dad
05/14/2025 2:16 pm
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Yes, he was a Gold prospector, and before McKinley was elected in 1896, he applied to name that mountain Mount MCKiney. But my answer is funnier, lol.
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I believe William was so Proud of His American find, And His soon to be President, Before the election, He named it Mt. McKinley .  |
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In seeing the posted pictures above I noticed the Inauguration date is March 4th. Can anyone say when the Inauguration date went from March 4th to the Present day January 20th, ..... Edited by Morgans Dad
05/14/2025 4:15 pm
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