A new way to view a Pan-Pac commemorative half dollar
Bill Krummel
http://markfeldcoins.com/client/20091206/commem_panpac631.jpg
I had to scroll the page horizontally to put the reverse in full view.
Centering the reverse, my first thought was..., well, open this link in a
second window;
http://www.stinalisa.com/HokeyPokey.html
then quickly go back to the first window and.... It's probably just me but
the two web pages seemed to go together nicely. Anyway, if nothing else
enjoy the Panama Pacific commemorative half dollar.
Bill
Mr. Jaggers
That's a beautiful coin, no doubt about it, and one of the few with original
surfaces that I've seen. And I can't help imagining how Amistad would be
chuckling over that view of the eagle's feet.
James the Hokey
Randy Thompson
Bill, you are going to get me in trouble having me open that second
link at work. Fortunately my sound was turned low and no one else was
in the room at the time.
Beautiful half from a great dealer. Unfortunately I couldn't find it
in his current listing so I suppose it has sold.
Bill Krummel
"Randy Thompson" <thomp...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:16237ad1-cd7d-4f48...@g7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
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It is a new purchase (actually, I believe he said it is on consignment) that
he has made and I have often lost out because I open my email too late and
find out the coin has already sold by the time I email to say I am taking
it. In fact, most of the time he replies and says I am third, fourth or
fifth to request the coin and it's mine if the others fall out. The coin
may still be in his inventory, unclaimed, or it may have sold within minutes
of his email offerings update.
Anyway, the Pan-Pac is still out of my range, price-wise. The coin shown in
the link is a PCGS MS66 and the asking price was $3,500. I am speculating
with spousal gold uncs, hoping that there is some similarity with the Jackie
Robinson gold that did so well with a 5,000 mintage. I do not anticipate a
10x increase in value for the spousal gold but I do hope that if the economy
does rebound in a few years ( in my mind a big if), the market will drive
the lowest mintage spousal gold to double or 150% increases. The bottom
side will be gold melt plus a small premium, so downside risk is not so bad.
Should my speculation pay off even in a small way, I would use the profits
to get a Pan-Pac, Hawaiian, Hudson or one of several other of the more
expensive commems.
The interesting thing about spousal gold is I have only seen one dealer
advertise any of that series and it was an offer to sell one of the first
releases that had sold out mintages. The dealer's ad ran for 2 weeks then
disappeared. It is like there is no secondary market at all for spousal
gold, other than eBay. Most of eBay's auctions are for early, higher
mintage releases or for certified coins of the later releases, at least the
last time I checked a few months ago. My senses say either no real
collector demand for this series or gold's high price and the poor economy
have severely dampened the collectibility of the series and a rebounded
economy will ignite collector demand (the fact that the first two releases
sold out at 5x the mintages of the later releases may be support for the
idea of a potential demand).
Bill
Bill
Bill Krummel
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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If I could afford the $3500 price tag for the pictured Pan-Pac (PCGS MS66),
I would have happily added it to my collection. I maintain there is only
one legitimate way to view the eagle's feet, my view. That bird is
obviously doing the hokey-pokey. 8>)
Bill
Randy Thompson
> "Randy Thompson" <thompso...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
I guess you can tell I don't come here often any more. I also get
Mark's emails but I hadn't seen that one yet when you posted it. Most
of his stuff is out of my price range anyway.
I've pretty much quit on my commem collection. I sold a handful but
mostly just set them back. Maybe I'll pick them up again some day. I
really haven't been buying much of anything lately. I did pick up the
Jefferson spouse coins at issue. Last year I bought some others with
eBay cashback, mostly for bullion. With the increased price of gold
and the mint's premium I just quit looking at them. You may do well
some day with the small mintage coins though.
You have changed the way I will always look at the Pan Pac half.
Someone did that for me a few years back for the Delaware with a
comment about the cloud. That was probably you too. ;)
Mr. Jaggers
Yeah, that cloud. What were they thinking? Maybe the designer moonlighted
at MAD magazine?
I remember the day I bought one of those raw for pretty cheap and
contemplated what it looked like. Didn't eat for three days afterward.
James the Starving
Bill Krummel
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I thought I had made the Delaware cloud comment too but searching Google
showed me that you introduced the gaseous baby concept to me, although I get
credit for the new way to think of Oregons and Stone Mountains;
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.collecting.coins/msg/4d25596fbab03f19
And no, I am not so proud of those posts. I have matured since then.
Bill
Randy Thompson
> I thought I had made the Delaware cloud comment too but searching Google
> showed me that you introduced the gaseous baby concept to me, although I get
> credit for the new way to think of Oregons and Stone Mountains;
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.collecting.coins/msg/4d25596fbab03f19
>
> And no, I am not so proud of those posts. I have matured since then.
I guess I read about the Delaware somewhere else. I had also
forgotten your comments about the Oregon and Stone Mountain. I guess
that was for the best and it did not factor into my putting the commem
collection aside.
It's good to know that someone can still continue to mature later in
life. Maybe there is still hope for me.
I still have my NGC registry set of classic commems but I keep
slipping in the ranks. I still like the coins but I got discouraged
by the stagnate to falling prices while seeing stacks of them in
display cases at every dealers table. It's certainly no worse than
Morgans but I don't collect them at all.