Comments on: US Mint 2016 24K Gold Coins to Celebrate 1916 Designs

By: Jeff Kinner

Jeff Kinner — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:27:30 +0000

To start with. For decades they had the idea of getting rid of the penny, but for one you have taxes and if something is 1.00 and you have 7% tax, thats 1.07! states would have to get rid of lower taxes and you would be paying more for items not to mention the taxes would be rounded up higher to equal the buying amount. 100’s of billions of pennies are made every year. We have trillions if not more of pennies going back to 1959 as wheat cents are saved. Now on to the Mercury dime which i bought a 70 graded one. Even though it says 10 cents on it as face value. Its a bit smaller the the $5 eagle gold. But it was made thicker to be the same weight as the $5 gold and its considered a 1/10 oz. according to the mint. As far as the Walking Liberty it should be the same as the original 1916. It will be about the half oz size of gold and the half close to a oz. It will be hard to make the other two as like the mercury dime, they had to make it thicker to be 1/10 of a oz. As far as making the liberty and half in silver, congress would never pass it as a unc. coin of each could be easy to mistake for the original ones and you would get grading in very high numbers. There are only 3 grading companies that are legit and its Anacs which was with the Ana created by congress and ngc and pcgs. But even then you must look at the coin not the grade as i see 64 and 65 grades which are beat to hell which nicks all over the focal points. They are more like 61’s!Most every other company is either out of business or got busted for grade cheating. ICG got busted on HSN when they were selling silver eagles ms70 1of 500. The problem was the mint never released them yet! I read in coin mags where the owners of NGC and PCGS graded their own coin giving them high or perfect grades. NGC claims to have coins looked at by 3 graders and then the owner before they get a grade. That’s humanly impossible as 10’s of million’s of coins are graded there a year. They produce 40 million silver eagles so far this year and 90% get graded.

By: CoinNut

CoinNut — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 01:25:46 +0000

YES PLEASE!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 22:54:09 +0000

I like these coins as well, but I would also like to see them issued in silver. This would make it more affordable. It would also be nice if they released clad versions of the dime and quarter to general circulation. It would be fun to come across these !

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:46:13 +0000

Looks like I won’t be paying some bills next year, I’m getting these coins no matter what, LOL ! ! !

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:57:28 +0000

I just read another article on getting rid of the penny? Well I’m agreeing with that! It’s obsolete and maybe in its place to remember good old Lincoln is to make a gold penny!! Just like the seated liberty you are referring ? Damm why not all the up to date coins still in circulation? The penny, Nickel , dime, quater ? And half dollar but the 1964 JFK! ? That’s my idea

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:12:00 +0000

GREAT !!one more set from the mint I will never be able to buy !! I have a 100 dollar coin budget so like the gold Kennedy I will just have to look at them from afar!!

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:37:43 +0000

Vachon — That’s a very thought-provoking comment. I’d never thought of our coinage that way before. Thank you for sharing.

By: Vachon

Vachon — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:57:05 +0000

I’m against this idea entirely. I’m not a fan of these off-metal resurrections nor NCLT nor do I like being reminded that the Mint is incapable of putting out generational quality circulation designs any longer (that is, designs that last for at least 25 years) or that Congress refuses to make authorize circulating coins with honest purchasing power. Let’s hearken back to the days when this country could do just that with some overpriced trinkets masquerading as coins instead of rectifying the situation today…

These are the coins of my great-grandparents’ generation (World War era values). The Presidential coins are that of my grandparents’ (distinguishing leaders of democracy as opposed to fascism/communism). Neither my parents’ generation (could’ve been Cold War values – distinguishing democratic values like life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and justice for all as opposed to communist ones) nor my own have gotten to leave “our” mark in our nation’s coin designs (optimism concerning the coming millennium?). It’s a real shame in my opinion…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:26:48 +0000

The Kennedy gold was good from a dimensional standpoint, so the half dollar should be no problem. The dime and quarter are to be 1/10 and 1/4 ounce gold respectively, so they should scale with no significant issues. The mint has been doing their homework.

By: Namvet4

Namvet4 — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:25:33 +0000

“A goal would be to match each gold coin to the size and diameter of their companion 1916 silver coin and use round fractional gold weights, Mint officials said.” Do you honestly believe the Mint is capable of producing 24K Gold coins in exact, or close to approxiimate, size and weight and still maintain the integrity of the original design? I do not at this time. Just my 2 cents . . .