Pictured is the 39 mm silver medal/coin depicting presidential candidate Barack Obama now available from Vision Trading Partners for US$100.
Vision Trading Partners offers this piece as a tribute to Obama’s historic nomination as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States… Each historic Obama silver medal coin measures 39 millimeters in diameter and weighs one ounce of silver. All medals are deep cameo proofs struck by Sunshine Minting of Idaho.
The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) on Monday released an articulate statement cautioning that President-elect Barack Obama “Coins” are not rare investments.
In part, PNG President Gary Adkins said the following regarding the items,
“All of the items we’ve seen offered so far on television and online are merely political mementos that certainly may be enjoyable as a keepsake, but typically will have little or no re-sale value later in the mainstream numismatic market. Privately-produced items are not legal tender U.S. coins. In cases where a marketer has altered an actual U.S. coin after it left the Mint, such as putting a sticker with Obama’s picture on it, knowledgeable collectors usually consider that to be merely defacing the coin.”
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