if i was not a liveing history sperg and made my own stuff i would have been fucked early on
its wonderful its a large yet small world and so used in our day to day since well damn near forever we love our metal discs
If only our government didnt hate them
Statue of liberty on the other side. From numista:
literally anything coinage is numastic so worry not fren also that set is very nice
this is why im a chad yee old coiner and plotting to make my own and study old and current "underground" currenciesIf only our government didnt hate them
it's not a coin; it's a silver round / medal / medallion. a coin has a date, a denomination, and is issued by a sovereign government.
iirc, the u.s. mint does not sell directly to consumers. proofs and proof sets (which are typically some percentage of precious metal) will need to be purchased through a dealer. those will sell for a premium over spot due to the value of the precious metal content over the face value (denomination) of the coin itself, as well as for their numismatic value. standard circulation coins will go to the banks, where you can request to exchange an uncirculated roll for an equal amount of money. s/c coins that don'tt contain precious metal cannot be sold by financial institutions for more than their face value, as they're considered currency.
The US Mint does sell directly from their website. It's very controversial. Last year there was an insane amount of hype over the silver and gold (especially) flowing hair dollars. The mint only allowed a few purchases per house, but the site still crashed during the launch as per usual. Each buyer had a small chance of winning a special coin with a privy mark. I really wanted the silver one but wasn't able to cop one. The resale prices were absolutely insane especially on the gold with privy mark. I think i remember the prices for the privy mark gold coins being over $50k a piece. I highly doubt they're still going for that much.it's not a coin; it's a silver round / medal / medallion. a coin has a date, a denomination, and is issued by a sovereign government.
that said, i still purchased over a kilo of kiwi silver myself.
iirc, the u.s. mint does not sell directly to consumers. proofs and proof sets (which are typically some percentage of precious metal) will need to be purchased through a dealer. those will sell for a premium over spot due to the value of the precious metal content over the face value (denomination) of the coin itself, as well as for their numismatic value. standard circulation coins will go to the banks, where you can request to exchange an uncirculated roll for an equal amount of money. s/c coins that don'tt contain precious metal cannot be sold by financial institutions for more than their face value, as they're considered currency.
i'm glad that null mentioned this thread in a recent stream. i was beginning to despair that there were so few coin autists on the farms.
Their prices are fucking insane...just look at their proof sets. Uncirculated coins of that year are like a 1,383% markup of their legal tender value.
interesting, because in 2021 the us mint released centennial commemorative morgan and peace dollars (1921 being the last year that morgan dollars were minted and the first year that peace dollars were minted). they were only available through "authorized dealers", which apparently did not include the us mint.
forgive the double post, but i believe that those five american women quarters are just over 6g of .999 silver each, which is almost an ozt (31.1g) of silver. that kennedy half dollar is also just over 12.5g of .999 silver, so that's a total of well over an ozt of pure silver (43.635g to be exact), while silver spot is around $33.
Arent proof sets just a sample of what is coming from the mint that year? For instance I have my 2000 set and it even comes with a card that shows my coins makeup
i think that it depends. i recently purchased a us mint proof set from the 90's as a gift, and there were three basic versions available; a standard circulation set, a silver-clad set, and a silver set. the silver set included a .9000 silver dime, quarter, and kennedy half, for a total of about 19g asw for less than $20 (thirty years later). there were also "prestige proof" sets available that included a commemorative silver half dollar and dollar.
