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Better hurry on that NP5, by the latest sales figures, the Mint has just passed the 26K mark, so that leaves under a thousand coins left for sale. Given that they are selling a 100+ coins per week, you might have at most eight weeks or less to play chicken and see if the prices fall even further within the next couple of weeks.
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mmerc20 - not the same. Provident is selling bullion version of the ATB's for that price. The NP1 through NP8 are the collector versions of the 5 oz America The Beautiful series. |
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And Ag has fallen under $27 today. My bottom line is hurting! I may buy another NP5 to get in on the lower mintage release at a good price.
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Unless you really like NP5's design there might not be any point to acquiring a second coin. 27,000 was a generous mintage for these big babies. I'll go out on limb and say that if there are any 2012-P minted this year, the mintage is unlikely to be more than 20,000-25,000 of each design, none of the subjects are an icon of the American culture as were the designs from 2010/2011. From here on out, 27,000/35,000 may be the highest mintage of the series, with spikes here and there, i.e. The Alamo, Mount Rushmore, and Statue of Liberty, etc. You might score better with a second Gettysburg coin, as the 150th anniversary of the battle is coming up in 18 months.
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12/29/2011 2:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good poiny, Bizybackson. I already took my bath on NP1-7, may as well just buy something closer to spot. :)
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Anyone picking up pucks at the new price of $205? I need to pick up NP8 and this makes them more attractive for sure. I took advantage of the price drop and got a bullion 2011 Olympic on the way. The mint's premium is too high for me. I don't plan to collect these pucks, but I thought it would be neat to have just one for a conversation piece. |
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Edited by Clint
01/23/2012 12:33 pm
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Some of the 2010 ones are going for $380 on ebay so this is a good investment..I have four of them |
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instead of buying from the mint at 204.95 I would rather get the NGC MS-69 from silvertowne for 199.95. I know its not a huge difference but still every little counts. If I wanted them raw I would go to APMEX and get them for around 185.00 (if paying by check or bank wire) |
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Bryan1315 - there are apples and oranges in the 5 oz ATB series. The $185 oranges from APMEX are BULLION 5 oz, not the collector series. The 5 0z NGC SP69 graded from Silvertowne are the correct collector series, but are priced at 239. NGC050ATB5OZ |
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oh, guess thats what I get for making a comment on modern coins I know nothing about. For some reason I was thinking this was in the bullion section and thought 5 ounces of silver is 5 ounces of silver. I admit I know nothing about this series as I don't even collect the park quarters. I started collecting a few sets of the State Quarters when they first came out but even that got old pretty fast, no current coins can keep my interest very long, but I love the classics |
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HAHA....and I have to look at the pictures to see if they are shiny (bullion) or not (SP)!
Sometimes you see the bullion (shiny) picture next to the SP price....
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Yeah, the bullion vs. uncirculated distinction can definitely can be confusing if you're not familiar with the product, and not just for buyers. Sellers get it wrong too (sometimes honestly even!) and that confusion just emphasizes the whole caveat emptor thing that we're always preaching about here. Or at least I am. Do your research before you buy. And to circle back to the original intent for this thread, I did end up buying NP-8. And now that silver is on the rise I think I'll buy NP-9 before they raise the price....at only $8.75/oz over spot.  Interestingly, that's almost exactly the premium we paid (in late April of 2011) for NP1 from the U.S. Mint. |
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Strange. I looked all over the site for the Vicksburg 5-oz UNC, but it wasn't listed. I finally did a search for "NP9" and and it came up but was listed as "backordered". I added to my cart and it accepted my order all the way through.
None of the other available (i.e., not sold out) 5-oz UNC ATBs are backordered. I wonder what's going on here (if anything).
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If silver goes up another dollar or two, the price will probably be adjusted back to $229.95. At least we had a buying opportunity at $204.95 for at least a month. NP9 was backordered from the first day, not sure if they sent out any yet.
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