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Well, if you don't the like price of something don't buy it. Like my father used to say: "I used to walk uphill (both ways) to school in the snow with no shoes in July" Ummm.... that's not it... "Here's a dime kid...go call someone who cares." NNNNooooo... "If so and so jumped off a bridge would you jump off a bridge?" Let me see if I can find it.... Yep I would buy one but "Money doesn't grow on trees you know...." |
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I think everyone should boycott these and not buy them from the mint *rubs hands together in anticipation of being the only one in line for them...*
Yep everyone should refuse to buy them and the mint can just melt down all the unsold ones, that would stick it to em!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep, all this talk about boycotts is actually making me think of buying more to sell on the secondary market.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gosh, remember back in early 2012 when everybody 'passed' on buying the Silver Proof Set directly from the Mint because we could "always buy it cheaper in the secondary market"? All I remember is having to pay over $100 alone for my 2012 Kennedy half. I don't remember what I eventually paid for the other nine coins. Buying from the US Mint now feels more like visiting a casino. |
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United States
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Gosh, remember back in early 2012 when everybody 'passed' on buying the Silver Proof Set directly from the Mint because we could "always buy it cheaper in the secondary market"? That's not what happened. The mint cut off sales early leaving December Christmas buyers like myself out of luck. |
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People will always buy STUFF advertised on TV. True. MANY people make no attempt to get these items from the Mint. They continue to buy them from their "connection" whoever that may be. I'm in the camp that says buy it at original price or do without. But, that's just how I roll. Anybody want to buy a 2019S RP OGP ASE?...  "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
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First, thanks for moving this to the appropriate page. I thought wrong in posting. That said, collectors will always buy from the mint, myself included. Only at a much reduced rate. The point is, those who scam the system to gain a huge profit are the ones that need taught a lesson. Stopping them will not happen, I'm a realist, yet as collectors if we slow the sale then we lower the price. Any business will only sell based on supply and demand. So that should be the smart collector's target. As I stated, I really, really want a WWII ASE and the Mayflower issues, but not any time soon as the prices are excessive to say the least. Ten years from now? Twenty? ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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United States
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In many ways, an argument could be made that the 1921 PDS Morgans weren't struck for circulation, either. They were Pittman Act re-coining strikes, were made from completely new dies, and most languished in bags for decades. The ones that hit the banks rarely circulated.* An argument could also be made that the 2006 Old San Francisco Mint commemorative dollar is at least a half-member of the Morgan collection, with the basic Morgan reverse design struck from yet another completely new die. The 2021 Morgans with the privy marks seem more like the 2006 Old San Francisco Mint commemorative and less like the 1921 PDS strikes. The non-Privy-mark 2021 Morgans seem somewhere in between. They will resemble the 1921 Morgans by being struck on yet one more completely new set of dies. IMHO, the Morgan set could be considered as ending in 1904, 1921, or 2021 (2006 would be a hard sell). *For that matter, the classic Morgans were struck to subsidize the Comstock Mine, and were wildly unpopular in commerce in most parts of the country. It isn't entirely a reach to argue that most of them functioned closer to NCLT than circulating coinage. Just a few thoughts from the curmudgeon's corner.  |
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United States
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I'm a realist, yet as collectors if we slow the sale then we lower the price. Any business will only sell based on supply and demand. As a realist you have to know that it does not work this way for a governmental monopoly. Those running the "business" are not rewarded based on typical performance factors such as sales, increasing the customer base, quality, etc. If they were, there would have been multiple house cleanings at the mint over the years. They are not serving the owners (us). |
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United States
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I know it's an unpopular opinion here, but personally, as a collector/investor, I'm quite happy that there's so much interest in our hobby now that prices are being driven up.
I may only be able to get one or two of the six, but being able to buy a coin at $85 and have a piece for my collection that will immediately go up in value to $300/$400ish (and probably hold a fairly similar value in the long run) is really not that bad of a deal, as far as I'm concerned. It's a reward for people who pay close attention to this stuff.
For me, it's not about getting ALL of the coins in a set--but rather, buying things that I find interesting, some rarities, and some things that I think will go up in value. If it were up to me, the Mint would have added a household limit of 1, but lower the mintage of each to 100,000.
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Valued Member
United States
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Also, out of curiosity, does anyone here actually have a complete set of Morgans that will be made incomplete by these new items?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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but being able to buy a coin at $85 and have a piece for my collection that will immediately go up in value to $300/$400ish (and probably hold a fairly similar value in the long run) is really not that bad of a deal, "Being able to buy" is the key. Many people who have been loyal mint collectors and have to that point had complete or near complete coins in a series have been beat out on the mint's website by flippers who have never bought the first coin in the series and don't care about our hobby at all, save for how much money they can make off of us. Historic purchasers should be given first shot at purchasing. |
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"Being able to buy" is the key... Historic purchasers should be given first shot at purchasing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
JimBucks, Somebody forget to take their anti snarky medication today?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Historic purchasers should be given first shot at purchasing. I also agree. If that practice was enacted the prices on the secondary market would probably fall, too. Question is how do we separate the bulk, flipper previous purchasers from the general collector previous purchasers from the series-specific previous purchasers...  "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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