Comments on: 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin Sales Reach 37,778 in First Day

By: Mke

Mke — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:35:08 +0000

I agree that the coins are not pink and look like a copper penny.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:53:34 +0000

Lonnie V – was it the *pink proof or the *pink unc? & is the pigment to light or dark? btw! after what it did to the grass, & how deep into the soil it went, i* didn’t need to be told twice!*grin.

By: Bob Manning

Bob Manning — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:20:10 +0000

Rcvd mine today – dont see any pink-hue. Maybe early coins are unique and they forgot to “add” the hue – making it an “error” collectors coin!

By: Lonnie V

Lonnie V — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:27:13 +0000

Sending mine back disappointed with pink hue

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:02:46 +0000

Joe Brown –

If you continue to mix ammonia & bleach to clean coins like you did as a kid, you are going to meet G-D sooner than later! LOL

-NumisdudeTX

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:29:23 +0000

All good stuff*! Thanks, for your *answers! *I once, many*many*, early *morning*suns ago, during *mud*tide *clam*digging, dug*up a *green*coin, couldn’t make it out until *i got it *home, & poor’ed what i* could find into a glass mason jar, cement cleaner, drain’o, ammonia, bleach, *i lost one of my 2 brain*cells doing it, but*i sure felt pretty*good,*smile! Then i* drop the *green*coin in the jar, & screwed the cover on tight, jut in case some stray dog or cat got a wiff* of that combo, i* forgot about it, until a month later, because i* hid it under my back pouch, & it was *summer, a lot going on, & i*m just a *kid who gets side*track sometimes, when some of my*pals & *i were running for cover during a thunder* & lighting* storm, then 1* of my old *buds, said what the hell in this jar! I* said dont open that, it will knock you on your ass! After the storm was over, i* smashed the jar open, because i* screwed the cover on way to tight, on my side lawn, dumb*misstake there! Talk about a dead patch of grass* of about 4′ by 4′ feet, some days later, on my*dads nice green*grass,*whoop,s! any how, what was left of my green*coin, when *i got my hi*fi, mag*glass out was a 1931*D, Mercury*, i* hid it up in my rafters of my*folks attic with some other toys, that *mom would sometime throw in the trash if i* did not catch it, i* got to get up there *1 of these days to sea* if its still their! So the morel of this story is my* 90% *silver*dime, truned *green! So its true what they say! You learn something *new everyday or *night for this matter, *sorry*dad, about your *green*grass! dumb* de* dumb*dumb*,*smile. *That’s right *dad like you say! What comes around go’s around, my *kids are making up for the stupid*crap *i did, joke is on me now! So*true,*laugh*grin*smile*.

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:03:52 +0000

This first pink/rose gold coin by the U.S. Mint is basically based on the famous “Black Hills Gold” of South Dakota jewelry popular for its tri-colors of yellow gold, pink gold & green gold all in one ring or necklace pendant etc. with the difference in colors being the different amounts of gold, silver, copper & sometimes zinc in the finished alloy.

-NumisdudeTX

By: Mouse

Mouse — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:09:25 +0000

Joe – the metal mixture is the only way to get the desired color the mint was looking for.

Mouse

By: Jeffrey R

Jeffrey R — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:29:22 +0000

I’ve copied and pasted my prediction from back in mid-February.
Jeffrey R February 16, 2018 at 3:45 pm
Here are my predictions for the Breast Cancer Awareness gold coins. While hope springs eternal with collectors for sell outs and flipability(made that one up), past experience over the last few years dictates reality.
Gold Proof 16-18K
Gold Unc 5.5-6.5K
With a Mintage Limit of 50,000 for both collectively. A sellout is not in the cards.
The best selling gold over the last five Commemorative issues was 2015 Marshals
at 24,916 proof and 6,674 unc.
These last few years the legs seem to be in the MS/PF70s.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:59:11 +0000

When i first read that this *first of its kind *pink hue gold coin was going to be *minted by the *U*S*Mint, *i asked a ? for the reason of 85% gold, 14.8%copper, & .2%zinc, content! My *thinking for this combo of metals being used for this *pink hue *gold coin, was the only way to get that color*combo, by using those metal ingredients. The reason why i ask, is that it looks much like a brand*new copper*penny from 1982 & before, when you held them out in the sun with a hand full of new & old penny*s, the new penny*s looked to have a *pink hue to them, even tho there was no gold in them,the new *penny from 1982 up until now which has more *zinc than copper does not do that when you hold them out in the *sun,like a 1982 & before, *brand*new copper*penny. It just looks that way to *me from the picture above! The last time *i asked this ? i didn’t get an answer, so *i figure nobody knew the answer or it was a dumb ?! But *i sea there are some people out there that are bum*d out about this first for our *mint, *pink 85%gold coin! So *i guess i will ask *1 more time! Does anyone out there in the *coin*world, know why the *U*S*Mint did not use 22,karet*, or 24, karet*gold, was only because 85%,gold was the only way to get that *pink*hue??.