The High Tide raises the worthy — and the Society is her inner circle. Four to six times a year she surfaces a new member-exclusive strike, and members get the first claim, the lowest serial numbers, and the lore. It isn't a mailing list — it's a charter, sworn under the lantern. The Founding roll is open, and every name on it is a founder.
Here is what a Founding Member claims:
First Claim
A priority window to purchase every member-only release — four to six a year, strictly limited.
The First Fifteen
Serials 001–015 of every strike are held for members to pick — the numbers collectors fight over.
Portal-Only Mintings
Member-exclusive strikes. When they're gone, they're legend.
The Lore Letter
Stories, drop intel, and mayhem reports from both sides of the Gulf.
First Water Rights™
The private early window. Every new release opens to the Society before the public tide comes in.
Merchandise & Member Incentives
Member-only pieces from the Mint, and a growing set of personal perks for the roll — first looks, early words, the odd surprise in the box. In the works now; members hear first.
The Founding Suite
Your numbered black metal Member card, and your name sworn onto the printed Charter of the First Tide — signed, sealed, unmistakably yours.
And membership arrives the way a privilege should — your numbered black metal Member card, and your name on the sworn Charter of the First Tide.
Plainly: the seat is the key, not the coin. It gives you the right, and the first window, to buy the coins nobody else can — The High Tide included, each at its own price.
A new name from an old house. Florida Man Mint comes from the team behind Certified Rare Coin Auctions LLC, established 2002 and celebrating its 25th year in the coin trade — and every coin we strike is authenticated and registered to that standard.
$129 buys one year in the Society. Coins are purchased separately.
The First Light · The High Tide · 1 oz .999 fine silver
Members Only · Four to Six Tides a Year
The High Tide Society
Stories. Silver. Mayhem. Four to six times a year the tide rolls in carrying something the Mint shouldn't have struck — special releases that never touch the public shelf. A seat in the Society puts you first at the water.
$129per year · one seat · first at the water
$129 buys one year in the Society. Coins are purchased separately.
Public vs. Member
What you get
Public
Member
Spear of the Gulf & The Sunken Real
Listed price
Same price · no discount
Numbers 001–015
Held for members
Yours to pick
Member-only coins, four to six a year
Not offered
Yours to buy, each at its own price
New releases
Public window
A private window first
Black metal Member card & Charter
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Mailed to you
✦✦✦X Marks the PerksRenews yearly, by your hand. No card on file. Leave whenever the tide turns.The seat is the key, not the coin: member-only strikes are bought separately, at their own price, in a window only members can enter.Already a member? Sign in to the Society Portal →
Membership in hand: your name sworn onto the Charter of the First Tide, and your numbered black metal Member card.
High Tide SocietyMembers Claim First · Est. 2026
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Sold separately · not part of the $129 seatTide I · Founder's Strike™ · 2026
The High Tide™
She wears the storm like a crown.
When the 1715 fleet went down, the Gulf claimed more than silver — it raised a guardian. She surfaced where the wrecks settled: palms braided through her hair, a gator crowned upon her brow, hibiscus blooming in the salt wind, a shell at her shoulder like a medal of the deep. Liberty, the way Florida mints her — sun-struck, storm-tested, unafraid of anything with teeth. E pluribus unum: out of many legends, one Lady.
1 oz .999 SilverSunset Finish™Founder's Relief™Edition of 450 · never moreNumbered COA · 1–450
Sunset Finish™ — sun-struck at the golden hour.
$229Tide I · members claim first · 450 struck, never more
Reserve First ClaimView the CharterNot included in the seat. $229, her own purchase, signed by hand — a Society seat is what lets you buy her, members first.
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✦ The Founding Suite ✦
Everything but the salt air.
A seat arrives the way a privilege should — your sworn Charter of the First Tide carrying your name and number, and your numbered black metal Member card. Numbered, sworn, and unmistakably yours.
The Charter of the First Tide — sworn and signed by Florida Man
The Gulf looks different after midnight.
Storms, shipwrecks, and silver that doesn’t ask permission. The other half of the legend is waiting.
Even outlaws need a sunrise.
Trade the storm for sunshine, treasure maps, and tales worth telling twice.
The High Tide Society
Est. 2026 · The Inner Tide
Members Only · The Inner Tide
The Gulf pays its members first.
Most of what we strike reaches the shelf. The best of it never does. The High Tide Society is the inner circle of Florida Man Mint — the collectors the tide finds first, four to six times a year, every year.
Here is how it works on our side of the water. Four to six times a year the Mint strikes a coin that will never be sold to the public. Not late, not re-released, not “back by popular demand.” Four hundred and fifty pieces, struck once, offered only to members, and then the die retires to the bottom of a very deep drawer. Miss a tide and that legend belongs to somebody else forever.
Membership is one seat, one price, no fine print with teeth. You get first claim on every member strike, the lowest numbers we mint, and a letter we actually enjoy writing. It is a privilege sworn under the lantern — and the Founding roll is open.
Plainly, so nobody is surprised: the seat does not include a coin. Every member-only strike, The High Tide included, is bought separately at its own price, in a window only members can enter. The seat is the key; the coins are the treasure behind the door.
What the tide carries in
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The Founding Suite
No. __Your numbered black metal Member card, and your name sworn onto the printed Charter of the First Tide — signed, sealed, unmistakably yours.
ii.
The First Fifteen
No. 001–015The first fifteen serials of every strike are held for members to pick — the elusive low numbers collectors chase hardest and hold longest.
iii.
Member-Only Coins
4–6 / yearFour to six coins a year minted exclusively for High Tide members, each bought separately at its own price. Never on the public shelf — when the tide goes out, they’re gone.
iv.
The High Tide Letter
A members-only dispatch of brand-new Florida Man tales and myths, drop intel, and mint news — the stories surface here before anywhere else. The Gulf remembers its first ten — and everyone who reads closely.
v.
The Member Postcard
A unique, printable Florida Man Mint postcard — a tale on one side, your words on the other, and your personal crew code printed on every card. Mail it to a future legend: they claim with your code, you both win, and the Ledger writes the chapter.
vi.
First Water Rights™
First at the waterEvery new release opens to the Society in a private window before the public tide. No scrambling, no rigged scarcity — the early water is simply yours.
vii.
Merchandise & Member Incentives
In the worksMember-only merchandise from the Mint and a growing set of personal incentives for the roll — first looks, early words, the odd surprise in the box. Members hear about each one first.
Your Member Postcard
A new tale and image surface every week. One card, true postcard size — 6 × 4 inches. Print it, add a stamp in the corner, write your legend, and mail it.
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Print it, stamp it. Your crew code rides along on every card.
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Mail it to a future legend — the analog kind of viral.
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They claim with your code: you both win, and the Ledger writes the chapter.
Florida Man Mint™Greetings from the Gulf · Two Worlds. One Legend.
A Florida Man Tale
— Florida Man
Crew CodeFM-TIDE-013A friend claims with it · you both win · the Ledger writes the chapter
Place Stamp Here
Official FM Mint ✦ 2026 ✦
To: A Future Legend
Every legend mails true
✦ Your digital crew-code postcard is on its way — share it with a future legend and earn your way toward the High Tide Society. ✦
One Seat · First at the Water $129per year · renewed by your hand, never auto-charged · coins sold separately · leave whenever the tide turns
$129 buys one year in the Society. Coins are purchased separately.
Both FacesThe FaceThe PileCertificateStory PostcardThe Relic
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The Sand · Release I
First Tide Release of 150 · High‑Water Mark 500
1 oz.999 Fine Silver
Tideglass™Finish
39 mmDiameter
Made InFlorida
First TideRelease of 150
◈ Your number is engraved into the coin’s edge — matched to your numbered Certificate and logged in the Official Registry. One number, three places. A Florida legend with a record of its own.
◈ Not slabbed. Treasure-cased. Your coin ships in a crystal-clear archival holder with a struck Rare Metal label. Metal, never paper.
In the box: the Treasure-cased coin · 4x6 numbered certificate · 4x6 story postcard · navy velvet pouch · one Keeper's Glove (white for the Sand, black for the Sea) — shipped in the Florida Man Mint box.
◈ Ships free. Every order goes USPS Priority Mail®, insured, at no charge. Need it tomorrow? Overnight is available at checkout.
✦ 2% of net proceeds from every coin sold goes back to the Sea.
Treasure-CasedNot slabbed. Struck metal label.
Limited MintagesLow numbers. Edge-engraved.
Secure OrderingSafe, encrypted checkout.
Supports the Ocean2% of net proceeds from every coin sold.