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Snapolit1 01-05-2022 03:26 PM

New US Mint Negro League Coins
 
Very cool that a not insignificant sum is being donated to the NLBM for each coin sold. This has to be a big deal for the museum.

Bob Kendrick is the man. A force of nature.


https://catalog.usmint.gov/negro-lea...morative-coin/

mrreality68 01-05-2022 03:41 PM

They look cool also.
I do not collect coins but for those that do they will make a very nice addition to those collections

Hankphenom 01-05-2022 03:42 PM

Nice!

Tabe 01-05-2022 04:11 PM

Those are beautiful coins. Very nice!

Peter_Spaeth 01-05-2022 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1 (Post 2182412)
Very cool that a not insignificant sum is being donated to the NLBM for each coin sold. This has to be a big deal for the museum.

Bob Kendrick is the man. A force of nature.


https://catalog.usmint.gov/negro-lea...morative-coin/

It appears the only buying option now is presale on ebay or maybe coin dealers, nothing available through the Mint.

Snapolit1 01-05-2022 05:16 PM

This product will be available for sale on January 6, 2022, at 12 noon (ET).




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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth (Post 2182448)
It appears the only buying option now is presale on ebay or maybe coin dealers, nothing available through the Mint.


Schlesinj 01-05-2022 05:39 PM

I may have misheard or read, but I believe this could make the museum around $6 million.

Snapolit1 01-05-2022 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Schlesinj (Post 2182459)
I may have misheard or read, but I believe this could make the museum around $6 million.

That is awesome. Huge as one might say.

I was on the fence but knowing its supporting the museum pushed me clearly into being a buyer.

Peter_Spaeth 01-05-2022 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1 (Post 2182461)
That is awesome. Huge as one might say.

I was on the fence but knowing its supporting the museum pushed me clearly into being a buyer.

Careful it may lead you into vintage coins.:eek:

Shoeless Moe 01-06-2022 10:31 AM

popping up on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...Desc=0&_sop=10


https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...acat=0&_sop=10

Peter_Spaeth 01-06-2022 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe (Post 2182646)

The US Mint prices are a fraction of what people are trying to gouge on ebay lol.

Fred 01-06-2022 01:56 PM

Those are pretty cool.

I'm all about melt weight for gold/silver. The approximate gold content/value for the $5 gold piece is about $400 (melt weight) assuming $1800/ounce for gold. At $674 for the coin, it's not too bad. The $5 coin would be at melt weight value if gold ever reached about $3000/ounce.

Aesthetically, that Rube Foster is fantastic.

Peter_Spaeth 01-06-2022 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred (Post 2182710)
Those are pretty cool.

I'm all about melt weight for gold/silver. The approximate gold content/value for the $5 gold piece is about $400 (melt weight) assuming $1800/ounce for gold. At $674 for the coin, it's not too bad. The $5 coin would be at melt weight value if gold ever reached about $3000/ounce.

Aesthetically, that Rube Foster is fantastic.

I only own one modern commemorative and collect vintage coins otherwise, but the US Mint consistently puts out great looking coins IMO.

LincolnVT 01-06-2022 03:41 PM

Agreed. I collect gold coins and wish the $5 piece also had "fine gold" " or ".900" written somewhere on the coin. That said, these 22k pieces are cool.

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Originally Posted by Fred (Post 2182710)
Those are pretty cool.

I'm all about melt weight for gold/silver. The approximate gold content/value for the $5 gold piece is about $400 (melt weight) assuming $1800/ounce for gold. At $674 for the coin, it's not too bad. The $5 coin would be at melt weight value if gold ever reached about $3000/ounce.

Aesthetically, that Rube Foster is fantastic.


Hankphenom 01-06-2022 03:48 PM

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Only because at one time I collected all things Walter Johnson did I become aware of a "parallel universe" of coins--many 100% silver--of all-time great baseball players that have been issued over the past few decades. I call it a parallel universe because, other than the examples I would snag from time to time on Ebay or at shows, I literally never saw them before and never after. I don't know what explains their scarcity, perhaps there is just zero demand and therefore no market for them, but I've always thought they were way cool and make a nifty little sub-collection.

Hankphenom 01-06-2022 03:55 PM

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And there's this beauty, a pound of silver. When silver got up to $40 an ounce ten years ago, I sold mine!

Hankphenom 01-06-2022 04:03 PM

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I've seen this one a few times.

kmac32 01-06-2022 07:01 PM

Just ordered 4 silver coins tonight. Great idea for me who needs nothing for Birthday or Christmas. By the time they come, I will forgotten about them and they will be a great surprise.

thatkidfromjerrymaguire 01-07-2022 10:06 AM

I went to the US Mint page to check them out. Those are cool!

But then almost immediately my Facebook feed is filled with TONS of ads for all kinds of commemorative coins that I care nothing about. :rolleyes:

#thankszuckerburg


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