[Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its PlaceintheMint Collectable program

[Graves, Diane]

Good Morning to All,

I'm kind of coming in in the middle or on the tail end of this one, and
I had originally told myself to stay out of it, but those of you who
know me know that this  is hard for me to do. (smile)

I know little or nothing about coin collections, so I claim no expertise
there at all.  Based on what I have been able to surmise, I am inclined
to think that the Louis Braille coin will be very valuable to coin
collectors one day.  But, having said that, I didn't buy the coin with
the intent of one day being able to profit from it.  I bought the coin
because of what it stands for, because of what Braille means to me and
because of what our Braille Literacy campaign means to the millions of
blind children who can't take the gift of literacy for granted.  I
bought the coin so that I could further our movement.  I want to one day
pass it on to my granddaughter, and hope that it will mean something to
her because it was meaningful to me.

Now she may choose to turn around and sell it for profit.  I don't know.
I sure hope not.  The gift of Louis Braille was invaluable, and $40 or
even $400 is a drop in the bucket compared to what we owe him.  It's not
about the money for me.

 


Diane Graves
Civil Rights Specialist
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Alternative Dispute Resolutions Unit
317-232-2647
 
"It is service that measures success."
George Washington Carver
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:29 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its PlaceintheMint
Collectable program

Which coins aren't made for a specialized market?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its Place intheMint 
Collectable program


> hi,
>
> in ten years, do you really think some coin shop or new nfb member is 
> going to pay you $400 for basically a $40 coin that is only worth $1?
> no, he will laugh and not be interested as this coin was made for a
niche 
> market.
> you would not likely make much more than you paid and that means zero 
> because if you like it that much, you will keep it and not want to
sell 
> anyway.
> Bryan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and its Place in
theMint 
> Collectable program
>
>
>> Value of a collectable is based on the ease of getting one's hands on
the 
>> collectable.  Usually, that's a function of quantity produced.  But
how 
>> many die hard Federationists would sell their coins?
>>
>> Additionally, keep in mind the retail price of these coins.  Most of
that 
>> is the cost of putting the coin into your hands.  You won't likely
see 
>> them sell next year for less.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 01:43:32PM -0500, Bryan Schulz wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i have to disagree/think you are wrong.
>>> just like collectible diecast race cars,
>>> if 400,000 jimmy johnson cars are made, they will sell for about $50
and 
>>> about five years later be on a specialty web site for $8 to $15 but
if 
>>> there were only 40 or 20 thousand made then they have a good chance
of 
>>> being worth something in the future.
>>> then nobody has mentioned a collectible of any hobby is worth squat
if 
>>> you can't find a buyer.
>>> Bryan
>>
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