2014 coin and chronicle Franklin Roosevelt set

[moneyhoney]

Set goes on sale December 22nd for $57.95 ...just passing along info...

[BillJones]

The set seems to be very pricey to me. All you get is the FDR dollar, which has a image that does not look like him, a Proof dime and couple of reduced size medals of the type that the mint sold for 50 cents apiece years ago packaged in a holder. Today they are asking three or four dollars for the medals.

 

I bought one of the Teddy Roosevelt sets last year and was a bit disappointed with it. The prime piece in that set was a reproduction of the medal that Barber and Morgan designed at the time of the 1905 presidential inauguration struck on an American Silver Eagle planchet. The piece was low relief on the reverse, and the piece I received had a minor milk spot, probably from the residue of the stuff the mint uses to clean planchets, on the obverse.

[Mr. Smith Guesser]

Yeah, I think it's a little pricey too. Even as a Roosevelt dime collector and having a general interest in FDR, the only things that I'd really be interested in are the medal reproductions.

[moneyhoney]

Bill, thanks for your opinion...

[moneyhoney]

Smith-guesser, thank for your thoughts..

[Brian D]

Got one at 12:05 flippers will eat these up fast.

[e1cnr]

Is there anything special about the dime?

[Brian D]

just a 2014 proof finish, no. Maybe it would be special if you are lucky to get a set before the flippers scarf them up

[boucharda]

Ok...I'll bite.....Just why do you think "the flippers will scarf these up"?

 

The sets will, most likely, be available for months. The Teddy C&C only sold a tad over 15k...I just do not see these as high demand items.

 

(I did buy a couple but do not plan on making any money on them)