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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 soon, my wife and I will be heading for San Francisco for a short road trip/vacation. One of the places that I intend on going to visit is the MINT! so my questions would be for you all, if I am going to but something from the mint, what should I get? looking forward to your responses! SD Edited by SDcoinguy
05/23/2010 8:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Some silver proof sets, of course!
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Valued Member
United States
368 Posts |
really want to go to Penn mint live in buffalo so it would be a day or weekend trip
tell us how the tour and stuff is
I want details
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dont know what your budget is. If I were going shopping there and had the money I'd buy one or more of each: Primarily: anything that would complete or start a set I'm seriously or want to seriously start collecting Bag of Kennedy halves - much cheaper than buying two rolls at a time - no shipping handling - unsearched 2009 proof and unc sets...100 years of Honest Abe. Secondarily: Bag of circulating $1 coins based on number of errors for a particular issue - no additional cost: $250 for $250 of coins - no shipping handling - unsearched Bush and Clinton 3" medals. I wouldnt buy gold at that price |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The San Francisco Mint does not do public tours so all you will be able to do is stare at the building from the outside. Now I think the Old San Francisco Mint is open again but I don't know if they have any numismatically related material there other than a small museum. I don't know if they has a gift shop there selling coins or not.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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But you can still stare at the building, right?
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah, The Granite Lady will be a museum, but not slated to open until 2012. The new mint does not allow visitors.
Last month they did have a coin show at The Granite Lady, but they no longer do scheduled tours.
-LTB
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As the others said, you can't go inside. But SF is a great town and I'm sure you'll have a good time anyway!
Be sure to bring your jacket though. Most people from SoCal (and the rest of the country) don't understand how cool the weather is. Mark Twain said it best "The coldest winter I ever spent is a summer in San Francisco."
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Pillar of the Community
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does anyone know of any good coin shops in town>? I've googled a bit, but if anyone has been first hand, that would be good!
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United States
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does anyone know of any good coin shops in town>? I've googled a bit, but if anyone has been first hand, that would be good! I live in SF, and it's a poor, poor town for coin shops. Joe |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hey, Homer..it's even poorer up here in Mendocino County. :|
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Posted 05/24/2010 02:46 am
