As Atlanta Gold & Coin had predicted in an earlier article for Money.org, the original article reported that the release of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins had been highly successful. According to $5, the proof and uncirculated gold coins were already sold out at the time this article was published: Mint News Blog. The coins marked the 75th anniversary of the Baseball Hall of Fame and, when originally issued, came in the referenced $5 gold formats, $1 silver dollars, and copper/nickel half dollars.
Historically, commemorative coins have received very different levels of collector interest. The 1992 Olympics commemorative silver dollar, featuring Nolan Ryan, was reported at publication to sell only a little above its melt value. The 1995 Olympics baseball half dollar had held up fairly well, with values in the $20 range. By contrast, the 1997 Jackie Robinson commemoratives had been especially popular with both collectors and baseball fans, and were still trading at reasonable premiums over the coins’ melt value when this article was originally published.
What was expected next at the time of publication? The original article stated that the U.S. Mint would release a U.S. Marshalls commemorative coin in 2015. At that time, several possible designs were under consideration for the coin, and readers were invited then to view them here.
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