TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds" (Part II)

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Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

Danny said:
View attachment 32147[View attachment 32149ATTACH]32148[/ATTACH]Better photos in the sun light... Again so shinny that my cell phone was actually able to focus on the reflection of the trees above me rather than the coin itself on one of the photos!

Danny
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Beautiful pics!! I like the one showing the reflection of the leaves the best! Wow, Tom et.al., you really did a good job on these!

My check is now in the mail...can't wait to get ahold of them myself! :nuts:
 
Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

i got mine today and they are incredible! soooo shiny. wheeee! clink clink clink! they make such a sweet sound.

thanks tom! 48 coins present and accounted for, the other 2 will reach the intendend recipients in due time and proper channels i'm sure.

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tsptalk said:
I sent some using UPS and others viathe Post Office. I think I prefer the Post office but if you prefer UPS, let me know.

Thanks,
Tom
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a note about shipping...

mine came via us postal service. packaged in tubes 20 and the loose ones well wrapped and taped in foam packaging sheets. no damage or scratches whatsoever, nice.

i found i can put another 2 in the tube with the foam packing peanut still and get a tighter fit with more in one place. the rest of the loose ones i wonder if they will get scratched if i keep them loose but i have one in my car in a bag of good luck trinkets and the others i plan to bet or give away so it's not an issue for me. if this is something you are concerned about coins shops and online sell little clear square mylar envelopes for protecting individual silver coins. you can google it.

another note about packaging:

mine shippeed usps and arrived in a box about 2" x 2" x 10" long. sitting on my desk at work. the girls in the office were all smiling. i wonder if they thought i had ordered a, uhhhh, personal device. it is my understanding that a similar quantity shipped ups arrives in a square box of more modest dimenensions which may be more SFW. fair warning.

some people have wild imaginations apparently, but i had to fight down the urge to feel inadequate there for a second and i opened it in front of everybody so there was no doubts. don't be surprised if you get some new tsptalk silver fans out of that experience. shiny, clink clink. it is a magic sound.
 
You were the only one who got that box - only because I had not yet bought the smaller boxes the next batches were shipped in. The box in question is what NW Mint stuck 5 rolls of the coins in, but I see your problem. :) No one else should have that issue.
 
Thanks Tom,

I got mine couple days ago, my 19 years daughter love it and she kept in her room. Very shiny & I can use as a mirror.

This one sale today and I bought five that the max per household. US Marshals Anniversary 3 Proof Coin Set | US Mint produduct limit 15,000 & limit 5 per household. $473.60 each set
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I'm glad others are having the same reaction I had. It's not quite as elaborate as a liberty or presidential coin, but the shine is blinding. :)

I've heard back from everybody now and I'm just waiting on a few checks to arrive or clear. 10 packages have been shipped.


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SWAVET said:
This one sale today and I bought five that the max per household. US Marshals Anniversary 3 Proof Coin Set | US Mint produduct limit 15,000 & limit 5 per household. $473.60 each set
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How do you put a value on that, SWAVET? I wouldn't know if it was a good deal or not.
 
Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

so according your list there tom, that is 372 coins to tsptalk members? and you were going to get 50 yourself, is that for personal or personal and business purposes? that would make 422 spoken for leaving 78 available for othere purchasers at spot +4? or are some of the remaining 78 earmarked for.official tsptalk purposes? how many of the original 500 are left available?
 
Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

I count 382 on that list, plus I actually "reserved" 70, but that was part of the ones I was going to put into the prize pool.

So I show 48 still remaining.
 
Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

tsptalk said:
I count 382 on that list, plus I actually "reserved" 70, but that was part of the ones I was going to put into the prize pool.

So I show 48 still remaining.
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well, obviously i was skipping school the day they were teaching arithmetic then.

that's good though, less than 10% of order not bought and paid for yet. thanks so much for taking the risk and putting the money up front to make it happen. i really really like my shiny tsptalk silver coins.
 
Sorry, I check this morning and they are sold out. They value are base on gold, silver and clad, but I bought them based on the limitation # for this set (15,000). I heard that all US Mint Gold, I can use or count as IRA contribution for tax purpose (is this correct Tom?). FYI: They usually not limit on the # of set per household, but this time they limit to 5. I though it was rare so I went for the max.

Denomination:
Five Dollars
Dollar
Half-Dollar
Composition:
90% Gold, 10% Alloy
90% Silver, 10% Copper
8.33% Nickel, Balance Copper
Weight:
8.359 grams nominal
26.730 grams nominal
11.340 grams nominal (± 0.454)
Diameter:
0.850 inch (± 0.003) or 21.59 mm (± 0.08)
1.500 inches (± 0.003) or 38.10 mm (± 0.08)
1.205 inches (±0.002) or 30.61 mm (±0.05)
Edge:
Reeded
Reeded
Reeded
Mint and Mint Mark:
West Point – W
Philadelphia – P
San Francisco – S
 
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SWAVET said:
I heard that all US Mint Gold, I can use or count as IRA contribution for tax purpose (is this correct Tom?).
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I know there is a way to add gold to your IRA but I don't know if there's a specific way to do that. I'm guessing you can't just claim it personally, but rather has to be handled with a retirement fund? Not sure.
 
Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

the way i understand it is that physical precious metals for retirement accounts must be .999 pure bullion, not alloys or coins with numismatic value. mainly u.s. mint, canadian mint, etc. also they must be physically held in a custodial account by a registered 3rd party, not stashed under your mattress.

some obvious practical concerns with this arrangement are:

1, it costs money every step of the way to buy the physical metal, ship it to the custodian, pay the custodian to store it in their vaults, eventually sell the bullion or withdraw it and have it shipped to you.

2, also you need to get to know the terms fungible and non-fungible. fungible means you own a certain quantity of metal that is stored in a big common pile with everybody else's metal and they will take some out and give it back to when you want. non-fungible means your very own specific and personally identifiable metal is stored separately in your very own little tiny lockbox (both in someone else's vault, which you pay for).

3, the value of gold and silver is having it when you need it. it is difficult to imagine a zombie apocalyse scenario when you would really need your metal to spend or trade and the custodian is answering the phones (zombies are notoriously tough on phone lines) the custodian is able to contract with fedex or ups to ship it to you (commercial transportation is notoriously unpredictable during zombie apocalypses) and you would probably just want to sell it for cash anyways (which is worthless in a zombie apocalypse).

4, there are many 'paper' gold and silver exchange traded funds or mutual funds that offer you an opportunity to trade the cash equivalent of the metal and experience dollar gains and losses on changes in the value of the metal without the logistical storage and transport headaches. both 'paper' gold on the digital market and 'physical' gold in somebody else's possession are worth roughly exactly the same anyways. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

5, when it comes time to pay the troll under the bridge some precious metal so he will let you cross and escape the zombie hoards, he is going to assign no value to the prettiness or rareness of your treasures, only the raw weight of the actual gold or silver content. in fact you may recieve less than full precious metal value, as it is confusing for the troll to compute the alloy content and percentage of metal in a shiny proof commerative coin because trolls are notoriously poor at math.

6, if it comes time to melt the metal down and make bullets to kill the zombie hoards it is easier and cleaner to melt pure silver rather than have to refine out the random alloy content in collectible or circulation coins. also, it is not clear if silver bullets containing traces of junk alloy metal are as effective on vampires as the .999 pure bullets.

7, the best part of owning silver and gold is being able to take them out from under your matress and admire how heavy and shiny they are and stack them up all kinds of different ways and hear them go clink, clink, clink.

that is pretty much all i know about gold and silver.
 
Got my box of silver today :). Thanks Tom! The coins are super shiny, true to what everyone is saying. They are so shiny I almost don't want to touch them!
 
Re: TSP Talk Silver Coins / "Rounds"

burrocrat said:
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7, the best part of owning silver and gold is being able to take them out from under your matress and admire how heavy and shiny they are and stack them up all kinds of different ways and hear them go clink, clink, clink.

that is pretty much all i know about gold and silver.
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I think the best part is being able to take them out and play "Quarter Bounce" with those silver-rounds.

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Tom
Do you have any more of the coins for sell and if so how much are they. I wish to get some. Thanks in advance and have a very blessed day.
 
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