Comments on: 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin & Chronicles Set Photos

By: Nugchompa

Nugchompa — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:24:18 +0000

I have two sets and my brother has two. We all have at least one mark in the same location on all four reverse proofs (on the reverse in the frosted background to the left of liberty). It looks like the die was messed up and small spots in the frosted area are shiny. Since these went to different households at different times, I imagine there were a lot like that.

By: vadim

vadim — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:19:43 +0000

John,

I have the same 2 marks on both of my silver medals. The mint must’ve thought the were making bronze medal when they were making silver ones. With such spatial editions quality control must be on its game!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:07:44 +0000

I received my 2 Eisenhower sets and am looking to trade one for a Truman set – even trade. I’m in Massachusetts – swap in person only.
Email me at Woodenthumb@verizon.net

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:31:17 +0000

I received my 2 sets and wanted to send them off to get graded but I noticed that the medals have 5 marks on the face in the exact same locations on both coins. I would like to attach photos for you to see. I assume it’s a problem with the die and more coins have the same issues.
I guess I should not send them in.

By: TerryP

TerryP — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:46:43 +0000

I got my two sets in today and sent the RP’s off to PCGS for grading. The Eisenhower coin is a lot nicer looking than the Truman, imho. Now we wait and play the grading game……

By: Whistler

Whistler — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:41:43 +0000

Clearly someone is getting his palmS greased for these shysters to get a large % of the mintage, all it will do is cause people to be PO’d @ coin collecting & dealers when they pay $1k for the IKE set, it will fall in value, as all the “hot” stuff does over time, remember those $400 silver 1999 proof sets, they are like $75 now….wait grasshoppers the price$ will fall eventually, as to the STAMP: It is the IKE commemorative issued after his death. A face value item if you went to a show, mounting with showguard or other mounts should prevent gum damages, please start collecting STAMPS too!!

By: Boz

Boz — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:09:36 +0000

There may be a way to back door them at he vendor in Memphis, but your average onesie and twozie mom and pop buyer cannot justify flying to Memphis just for that. My earliest availability would have been Saturday 8/15 and there is no way I could have gotten them to a grading service unless I personally hopped on another plane and transported them personally to California.

The situation at hand is definitely an indication of fraud and collusion, maybe not at the mint per se, but definitely at the vendor. You cannot have such trickery though without mint management being aware of it.

Time for the investigators to quit worry about $600 hammers and $1200 toilet seats and examine some things closer to home.

By: Tinto

Tinto — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:18:01 +0000

Yeah, this HSN (and his show CSN) guy is to be believed (sarcasm here) … might be he got a little message from his cohorts at the Mint about the stink with the ordering process which seemed to have let some people in but not others … (who they are we don’t know but the Mint should know since there is a trail of logins and transactions, etc.) and possibly Mr. HSN Coin seller spewed a little BS about not being able to log in himself .. just to try to come off like “one of the little guys who got screwed here”

By: Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 17:00:43 +0000

Bill, I DVR’d the HSN Coin Collecting show that aired on 8/16/15 at 2AM EST.

Mike “Sold Out, Limited Edition” Mezack had available over 500 sets of the “2015 Eisenhower Reverse Dollars” in both RP70 and RP69 graded condition.

I believe they had 360 of the RP69 and 173 of the RP70’s.

Mezack claimed he had to get them all on the secondary market.

They first sold on 8/11/2015. On 8/16/2015 on HSN, only five days later, he was already selling over 500 sets in RP69 and RP70 graded condition. And, we have no idea the ones in his possession that didn’t make the RP69 and RP70 grades.

Think about that.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:30:40 +0000

Recorded national coin selling program on Sunday AM 8/16/2015. The seller stated that they bought the Eisenhower sets(400) from the secondary market is BS. Sold from the mint on 8/11 and they got them from the secondary market shipped to them and then shipped to grading company and knows how many were graded a 69 or 70 in 4 DAYS. Let’s capture the shipping. Say after mint has them ready for shipping labeled and shipped it would be at least 3 days. From the secondary market at least 3 more days and graded at best in 1 day. That’s at the very best 7 days and you believe they did it in 4. More like it would take 10 days. So how did they get that many sets. THE MINT is the only way possible. Corrupt just like most of the government agencies. BOYCOTT the company that sells these on TV.