The Object · Substrate · Process · Edition

About the Card.

Anatomy, manufacture, and care

A Minted Legends card is not a tribute to a coin. It is itself the bullion — a piece of pure precious metal designed to be held, traded, and treasured. Here is everything that makes it so.

The Substrate

The card is the metal. Not a foil. Not a wrap.

Every Minted Legends card is manufactured on a substrate of pure precious metal using the Aurum® process developed and patented by Valaurum — the same technology behind the original Aurum® gold note. There is no plastic carrier hidden behind the design. The metal is the card; the design is bonded directly to it.

Gold cards carry 100 milligrams of pure 24-karat gold, controlled to micron-level uniformity. Silver cards are struck on a substrate of .999 fine silver. The metal is verifiable, recoverable, and indelibly part of the object — never an applied finish.

An uncut sheet

24K gold cards · Aurum® substrate

The Process

From substrate to sealed pack.

DEPOSITION

A controlled mass of pure gold or silver is deposited via the proprietary Aurum® process. The metal layer is uniform to micron tolerance and quality-checked at the substrate stage.

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PRINTING

High-resolution numismatic artwork is bonded directly to the precious-metal substrate. Photography is sourced from the Smithsonian and Mid-American Coin Auctions archives.

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CUTTING

Sheets are precision-cut into individual cards, edged, and inspected. A handful of uncut sheets are reserved each run for the redemption ledger and archival display.

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SIGNING

Signed Silver and Signed Gold editions are hand-signed by Jeff Garrett at the Minted Legends studio prior to sealing.

SEALING

Cards are sleeved and pack-sealed in tamper-evident wraps. Packs are loaded into boxes per the published distribution; boxes are shrink-sealed for retail.

The Anatomy

Six elements, composed with intent.

Every Minted Legends card carries six designed elements. Each is borrowed from two centuries of American currency engraving — the heraldic banner, the ornate corner brackets, the stat plaque — applied here to a vocabulary of premium trading-card design.

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OBVERSE · № 95 1841 LIBERTY HEAD QUARTER EAGLE

REVERSE · J. GARRETT "THE LITTLE PRINCESS"

SERIES MASTHEAD

The "100 GREATEST U.S. COINS" lockup — flanked by stars, set in classical caps. The signature of every card in Series One.

RANK BADGE

Position in the 100 Greatest list, written № X. The single most-referenced data point on each card.

COIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Sourced from the Smithsonian Institution and Mid-American Coin Auctions, presented uncropped against an archival cream field.

NAMEPLATE BANNER

Year and coin name, set inside an ornate heraldic banner with diamond ornaments — the most ceremonial element on the card.

SPEC PLAQUE

Value, composition, and diameter — presented as three discrete plates, evoking the data panel of a museum object label.

SUBSTRATE STATEMENT

"PRINTED ON .999 FINE SILVER" or "PRINTED ON 100 MG 24K GOLD." A quiet declaration of the metal beneath.

The Edition

Five variants, distributed by design.

Each Series One pack contains exactly five cards — four Base Silver, plus one of four hit categories. The composition guarantees that every box contains all five card types.

Tier I

BASE SILVER

.999 Fine Silver

The standard issue. Pure silver substrate carrying the full Series One design language. The foundation of the set.

4,800Cards · 4 per pack

Tier II

SIGNED SILVER

.999 Silver · Hand Signed

Base Silver, hand signed by Jeff Garrett. Five per box.

500Cards · 1 in 2.4 packs

Tier III

BASE GOLD

100 mg 24K Gold

The headline metal. 100 milligrams of pure 24-karat gold bonded to a polymer carrier via the Aurum® process. Five per box.

500Cards · 1 in 2.4 packs

Tier IV

SIGNED GOLD

100 mg 24K Gold · Hand Signed

Base Gold, hand signed by Jeff Garrett. Series One's scarcest standard card. One per box.

100Cards · 1 in 12 packs

Tier V

REDEMPTION

Coded · Prize-Bearing

A uniquely-coded card redeemable for one of the 100 prizes on the ledger — from signed books to uncut gold sheets.

100Cards · 1 per box

See the Hit Ladder & Redemption Ledger →

Authentication

The metal is the proof. Built into every card.

Each Minted Legends card is authenticated by its Aurum® precious-metal substrate, manufactured by Valaurum to verifiable metallurgical specifications. The precious metal content is the proof — testable, recoverable, and tied to a proprietary manufacturing process used by no one else in the trading card category.

Packs ship inside tamper-evident sealing. The 100 redemption cards distributed across the print run are the only individually-coded elements of Series One; their codes are pre-assigned to specific prizes in the redemption ledger and queryable at minted-legends.com/verify.

When a coin or sheet prize is redeemed, the underlying object's third-party certification documents (PCGS, NGC, CAC, or equivalent) are transferred to the registered redeemer alongside the prize itself.

Verification Lookup · Specimen

Redemption Code
V1CYHF

StatusVALID · ESCROWED

TierI — GRAND PRIZE

Prize1909-S V.D.B. Cent

GradeNGC MS64 RD

SeriesONE · 2026

Issued2026

Care & Display

Built to be held. Made to outlast you.

HANDLE BY THE EDGES

As with any fine numismatic object, handle cards along the edges. Skin oils and fine dust will not damage the metal, but may dull a sleeve's optical clarity over time.

SLEEVE & STORE

Keep cards in archival sleeves or graded holders. We recommend rigid PSA-style holders for long-term storage and acid-free penny sleeves for trade.

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CLIMATE

Cards are stable across normal indoor temperatures and humidities. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight, which may fade printed surfaces over decades.

DISPLAY

For exhibition, use archival shadow-box framing with UV-filtered acrylic. The metal substrate catches gallery light beautifully and rewards reflected illumination.