fgoodwin 23 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 This looks much better than that awful generic stamp the USPS is issuing to honor BSA's 100th anniversary: Link to post Share on other sites
Buffalo Skipper 13 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Very Nice! Obviously no date yet, but will there be both circulated and uncirculated coins? What will be the cost of the uncirculated coins? Link to post Share on other sites
fgoodwin 23 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Although I hope to buy at least one of these coins (production limited to 350,000), I am not a coin collector, so I don't know the answer to your questions. I'm sure there are coin-collector forums around where you might get a quicker response, and if you do, please post any response here to help your fellow collectors / Scouters. Link to post Share on other sites
emb021 16 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 The article says they will be offered in proof & uncirculated, which is the norm. No word on the cost, but proof are more costly then uncirculated. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 "We wants teh precious." Link to post Share on other sites
SctDad 10 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 It says on the page "$10 surcharges for each coin sold will be paid to the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation, with funds made available in the form of grants for the extension of Scouting in hard to serve areas." I am wondering how much more it will cost. And yes I do plan on getting my own. Maybe at least 4. I have 2.9 boys that will all be going through scouting. They are also working on a GSUSA coin. Guess that they are still working on a design for the coin as it is still showing blank. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Sctdad, Gonna need to add the daughter as she will be a Venturer soon. Same boat, gonna need 5 myself. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Boyce 13 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I'm going to buy a couple of them. I DO wish they'd not used the computerized sleeked-out logo, but stuck with the basic, more artistic one that's been around forever. Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 These will NOT be normal, pick up at your bank, circulated coins. They are "collecter" coins. "Proof" will be the most be-you-tiful, will be sold in special velvet commemorative "BSA History" presentation cases, plastic encased and protected. Proof coins are minted in specially polished dies, and struck sloooowly, and handled with gloved hands. Uncirculated coins are struck as a regular coin is (kechunk, kechunk, kechunk), drop into baskets and are picked up with gloved hands and sealed into cellophane plackets. They have never been thru the Kmart cash till. Uncircs are pretty, but proof coins are (or should be) well nigh perfect. I'd predict the uncircs would be sold by the USMint for, oh, about $20 per. Proofs for about $50. each. Remember the $10 to the NatBSA. Link to post Share on other sites
John-in-KC 311 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 No brainer. Proof for me, proof for EagleSon. Just got him a MS-60 1889 Morgan Dollar ... a century before his birth year. Link to post Share on other sites
SctDad 10 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 SSS Thanks for the info. It helps to know the difference. I never thought about it and now I know about the differences. I will probably get one proof and 4 - 5 uncirculated. Just due to a budget issue. I think these will make great gifts for eagle scouts. Link to post Share on other sites
EagleBeaver 10 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Good luck to everyone wanting a coin - including me! But, with just 350,000 being made, what's the real likelihood of getting one, let alone a handful? Do you have to know somebody that knows somebody that has a friend in the mint? :-) I'll put in my order and cross my fingers, toes, and eyes. I expect they'll be available at a high premium in the after-market right away, so I guess it's just a matter of how much a person is willing to spend. For me, $50 for a gift to two Eagle sons I could take, but $100? $150? hmmmmmm, I might be too practical. Scout On Link to post Share on other sites
BadenP 93 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Interesting they chose to portray a female venturer under Boy Scouts of America, makes you kinda wonder about the future don't it. Nice coin though. Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I'm thinking my price estimates are on the low side. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=2010BoyScouts Check the commemorative for disabled veterans... http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=2010AmericanVeterans Coin Collecting MB anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
HICO_Eagle 93 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 It's really funny that they obscured the actual Boy Scout in order to show the female Venturer. I'm rather offended by the design -- doesn't surprise me it was chosen by Secretary Geithner. I'd say immediately that I want 3-4 for myself and my nephews but that front design really bugs me. Link to post Share on other sites
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