ATB 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Question

I got lulled into thinking the 2012's would be on sale into 2013 like they did with the 2011.

Joke was on me, got to Acadia and I paused to pay bills, Xmas shopping, heating fuel, etc. Then I find out Volcanoes and Denali are gone.

This year, I am not taking the chance again and subscribed. If I find a good price one on e-auction, I might just leave it sealed and store it. The quality of my White Mountain is horrible.

Is it possible some millionaire just decides to buy the remaining lot to drive demand?
I would hope the mint has SOME limits.

BTW, the Oracle of Omaha, joked about those seeking gold and said "you just run into a cave with it" comparing it to equities. That SOB only became famous by cornering the silver market to drive demand (avec prices) sky high. I see it alot, only in the market they call it "pump and dump".

Picking up as many 2013 5oz bullion coins as I can. For $130 per coin, it's a real deal. The 2013s won't be perceived as rare as the 2012s, the While Mountain is stalled out at 25,800 coins sold, and the Mint "might" restart production on this design again, if there are enough on demand orders from the APs. Last year, the 5 designs were 24, 24.4, 25.4, 20, & 20K, and the 25.8 could be all they made initially. Bullion sales ended early in November for Hawaii and Denali with at least six weeks left in the year.

Hu5kers theres two types of the coins. The ones selling for 128ish are the bullion ones which dont have COAs or boxes. The ones the mint sells are the collector version and have a P mint mark on them which do come with those things. Provident and APMEX usually sell the P ones as well which will have a higher price and should come with all the government packaging

Some people do get lucky and their local shop doesn't differentiate between the P versions and the bullion versions. If they have the P mint mark thats a great deal and I would be very happy too. Id buy as many Ps for 135 as I could, they usually sell for a lot more than that on ebay.

Have to agree. I would buy any and all P-version pucks I could get my hands on at $135. They go for $200 on E-Bay all day long. Great score.

That's a really good buy, hu5kers77, considering those never sold for less than $204.95 from the Mint when they were available. So you saved yourself a tidy $140 on those two coins. It could be the original owner was given them & didn't know what he/she had or simply needed immediate cash and sold it to your LCS owner who might have been just as confused about these coins, and could've have easily sold these @ $180 each and made a good profit as no way would these collector coins sell for spot unless the bottom totally fell out of the market.

As for your other question, it depends if you are collecting for profit or purely for pleasure, and how hard of a hit your wallet can take. This series has its ups and downs. A year ago $204.95 was a decent mark up for a collector coin, now even $179.95 is a stiff premium. Over time, the series will balance out and most collectors will make a profit on these if they think long term.

Agreed with merc about which one to chose.