Today at noon ET, the United States Mint releases the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Silver Medal, honoring the 23rd U.S. president. Harrison served from March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893.
This product for collectors continues the U.S. Mint’s Presidential Silver Medal series, launched in 2018. Struck from 1 troy ounce of 99.9% fine silver, it measures 1.598 inches in diameter.
Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, and was a grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth U.S. president, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Virginia planter who signed the Declaration of Independence. While his family was not wealthy, they prioritized education, dedicating a significant portion of their income to their children’s schooling. At 14, Harrison enrolled at Farmer’s College near Cincinnati, Ohio, before transferring to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated in 1852.
Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1854, Harrison began practicing law before entering politics, joining the Republican Party soon after its formation in 1856. The outbreak of the Civil War led him to serve in the Union Army, where he rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, a nomination made by President Abraham Lincoln.
After the war, Harrison made several unsuccessful bids for Indiana governor but held various political roles before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887. His growing national profile led to a successful presidential campaign, and he took office on March 4, 1889.
Harrison’s presidency was marked by a shift in economic policy, including the McKinley Tariff, which imposed historically high protective trade rates, and the Sherman Antitrust Act. His administration also oversaw federal spending surpassing one billion dollars for the first time. Additionally, Harrison is remembered for strengthening the U.S. Navy and establishing national forest reserves.
Harrison lost his re-election bid to Grover Cleveland, who had previously served as president before him.
U.S. Mint Presidential Medal Programs
Presidential medals, produced by the U.S. Mint, have a longstanding history tracing back to the inception of the nation, often bestowed as "Peace Medals" upon Native Americans. Modern versions have since been released with the following associated sales:
- George Washington – 35,973
- John Adams – 23,937
- Thomas Jefferson – 24,688
- James Madison – 17,186
- James Monroe – 15,514
- John Quincy Adams – 15,045
- Andrew Jackson – 16,930
- Martin Van Buren – 13,980
- William Henry Harrison – 13,852
- John Tyler – 13,861
- James K. Polk – 13,480
- Zachary Taylor – 13,240
- Millard Fillmore – 12,842
- Franklin Pierce – 12,740
- James Buchanan – 12,518
- Abraham Lincoln – 19,682
- Andrew Johnson – 12,737
- Ulysses S. Grant – 13,810
- Rutherford B. Hayes – 11,817
- James A. Garfield – 11,622
- Chester A. Arthur – 10,896
- Grover Cleveland – 10,916
Medals still to come in the series in 2025 will honor William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft.
Medal Designs and Specifications
A portrait of Benjamin Harrison appears on the medal’s obverse (heads side), designed by U.S. Mint artist C.E. Barber, along with the inscription "BENJAMIN HARRISON."
The reverse (tails side), also designed by Barber, features the inscription "INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 4 1889" within a laurel wreath.
Medals in the series feature a matte finish, resembling the appearance of uncirculated coins. Additional specifications include:
| Denomination: | N/A |
|---|---|
| Finish: | Matte |
| Composition: | 99.9% Silver |
| Weight: | 1.000 troy oz. |
| Diameter: | 1.598 in. |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Mint and Mint Mark: | N/A |
| Privy Mark: | None |
Ordering and Price
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Silver Medals are available through the U.S. Mint’s catalog for silver medals. There are no mintage or household order limits, and pricing is set at $90.
Gold is Up $45.00/oz Currently to an All Time High over $2.900.00/oz.
(Sure wish someone had posted that Gold was Cheap so I could have bought a boatload before it went Up)…
Gold Bros winning: $3,000 surge incoming! – ZeroHedge, 2/10/2025
Cag,
“Blah, blah, blah, gold, gold, gold”…Lolol.
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Me gold, me precious gold.
I guess I’m becoming a Ferengi, like you are.
Time for you to go back to dippin’. Or maybe try doing some analysis of your own, eh? Something that is fact-based. But be careful what you wish for. Maybe your wish will come true, and the Mint will fire its staff. That way there will no more coins to talk about. And by all means, buy as much gold as you can! Really! Buy, Buy, Buy!!!
Burning question: If one is just riding the gold market, why buy US Mint numismatic gold vs. bullion (or even GLD). For that matter even pre-1933 gold if the collectible portion of the value is not a huge portion over the PM portion. I guess the same question would apply to the silver medals mentioned in the article above.
I Would be a buyer of the Type 2 1 oz. American Gold Eagle Proofs and the Type 2 1/10 oz. American Gold Eagle Proofs.
I would Not be a buyer of the United States Mint Type 2 ¼ oz. American Gold Eagle Proofs OR the Type 2 ½ oz. American Gold Eagle Proofs.
IF you want Type 2 ¼ oz. OR Type 2 ½ oz. stick with United States Mint Bullion.
I would Not touch foreign Bullion Gold with Monopoly $$…
Bad idea. Type 2 proofs are not a good buy from the mint. Secondary market only if you can get for less than the mint mark up. Even worse are mint’s unc gold eagles. Been that way for a very long time.
Right, only the US knows how to make pure 99.99% gold. All other countries do not. And there’s no way to know–I mean you can’t possibly weigh or measure it or know the atomic weight for gold. That would take science — that’s impossible!
A better question – Since Trump requested the treasury to stop making the penny (or cent) and if they actually follow through on that request this year, will items like the 2025 mint set (limited to 190,000) suddenly become super popular?
Good, good. More for us. The lower the production, the higher the profit. Increasingly, I’m becoming a Ferengi.
18th Rule of Aquistion: A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.
it is unclear, as usual, if the request is to stop making only circulating cents (the money-losers) or all cents (including those for mint sets, which do make a little money). if I had to guess it would be only the circulating ones.
I had proposed a different solution (with similar effect) – if banks want to order cents they have to pay production cost for them, and then they can have all they want.
I would guess, like the dollar coin, it would be a mint only item. And then what ‘varieties’ would they produce for the die hard collectors.
“all cents (including those for mint sets, which do make a little money)”
There has Not been any United States Mint numismatic ‘set’ that includes the cent that has been profitable in over 13 years…
The Silver Proof Set?
The United States Mint follows FASAB. FASAB prohibits any annual set from being included in the catagory if any were profitable.
In GAAP accounting, “Rule 100(b)” refers to a section within Regulation G of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that prohibits companies from publicly disclosing non-GAAP financial measures that are misleading due to material misstatements or omissions of important facts, essentially requiring companies to present non-GAAP measures accurately and transparently when used in public communications.
Touche! Good one!
As usually he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. The annual sets (which include the proof set, uncirculated set, and silver proof set) are all lumped together in aggregate in the Annual Reports. No one but the Mint knows how each annual set performs individually.
Coins made for mint/uncirculated sets are not counted as circulating coins.
From the Mint:
“Uncirculated Coins: Are hand-loaded into the coining press and struck on specially burnished blanks, yet have a soft, matte-like finish appearance. These coins:
Banks do not order circulating coins for themselves. They order for their customers. They’re not paying extra for them.
GLD just Closed at Another All Time Closing High.
Unofficially Closed @ $268.24 (24×5 trading so the price you see may vary).
Better buy it all up! Do it now!!!!