[Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and itsPlaceintheMint Collectable program

Thu Aug 6 15:14:22 UTC 2009

Hello Diane. You and I share the same motivation and buying the coin, and 
quite frankly I want $8 million to do the program services which will be 
necessary to reinvigorate braille. I'm not an expert on coin collection, but 
I do know this is an historic opportunity.

From: "Graves, Diane" <dgraves at icrc.IN.gov>
To: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Louis Braille Coin and itsPlaceintheMint 
Collectable program

> 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
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> 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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