Gallery Mint Archive "First Strike" Sets Offered For Sale
Only five sets available
Striker Token and Medal recently purchased Gallery Mint Industries
(GMI). GMI was well-known in the numismatic world for striking
high-quality reproductions of ancient and early American coins that were
hand-engraved by Ron Landis, one of the most prolific
and talented sculptors in the numismatic world.
Among the items owned by GMI were ten Archive Sets: complete runs
of the first ten pieces off the coining press for virtually
every product and die variety produced commercially by Ron Landis
and Gallery Mint during the 15-year history of the company.
These truly are "First Strike" sets, representing the finest
coins possible to be produced by Ron Landis and his
late partner, Joe Rust.
Each Archive Set includes over 200 different uncirculated Ron
Landis coins, tokens and medals. Besides a complete run of
every single ancient, colonial and early American reproduction coin
ever offered, each Archive Set also includes all
versions of the pattern Concept Dollar shown to Congress in
2000, as well as coin show tokens, peace medals, private
commissions, hobo nickels, and other Landis pieces,
including some struck in off-metal combinations. The gold runs include
all quarter-eagle and half-eagle types and varieties as first strikes,
with non-first strike eagle and double-eagles gold coins included to
give the sets artistic completeness. While the sets do not have any
private "Ship of Gold" $50 gold coins, they do include
scores of unique Landis pieces that could never be duplicated
or assembled from eBay or other sources irrespective of time or money.
Of the ten "Gallery Mint Archive Sets" preserved by Ron and Joe, only
five sets are actually available for sale. Ron kept one set, Striker
is keeping one as its own ongoing archive set, two sets have been
donated to museums, and one set was sold two years ago by
private treaty to a Landis collector for $15,000, minus pieces
struck since, but available in these sets.
We are looking for five hard-core fans of Ron's work who would love
to own a complete set of his creations, particularly since their collection
would include many unique pieces and first strikes unobtainable from
any other source. Imagine the value of such a collection of first
strikes from the workshops of Augustus Saint-Gauden or James
Fraser and you get some idea of the uniqueness of this opportunity
for a collector to own an artist's complete output.
If you are a serious lover of the engraving arts you will recognize this
offer for what it is: a unique opportunity to own the complete output of
one of the most talented sculptors of the 21st Century: Ron Landis.
Please call our office at 888-688-3330 to request the price
of this valuable collection.
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