Thoughts On American Innovation Reverse Proof $1 Coins?

I've bought the P & D issues together as a year date set from a dealer after May for just under $2.00 each. The proof and reverse proofs from the mint. This year the rp's are issued as a set rather than individually which I think is much better since it's far cheaper than individually as previously released. And yes, I also believe they are an under the radar series.

^^^Yes the price is great news. Also good that the set is still limited to 50K units.

I had originally decided against buying the reverse proof coins because they were only sold individually (at least before). And I think the difference between the proof and reverse proof innovation dollars are not significant, so I only bought the proof set. Other coins look much more different between proof and reverse proof. Since I doubt this has changed in my mind, I will stick to the proof coins only.

I think the biggest reason these don't sell much is because there simply is no marketing of these coins. Outside the mint, no one is really selling these coins. So the general public doesn't even know they exist. They were never produced for actual circulation, and probably never will. But I still hold out hope that someday there will be no paper dollar and all dollar coins can circulate again!

Even if they did, don't expect the Innovation dollars to circulate. The mintages are low, basically just what they needed for the Mint sets and the roll and bag sets sold directly to collectors for a premium. Unless of course they were to eliminate the dollar note while the series was still ongoing. Then the later issues would probably be issue in large enough quantity for them to circulate.

I buy coins for different reasons. Some, because I hope they might increase in value. Some, because they represent history. Some, because I just like the coin's design. While I own some AIs, I'm not a huge fan of the coins. Guess I want a dollar coin to be big and heavy. But no matter what my reason, I'm always happy when a coin shows up in the mail. So, you're the only one that matters when it comes to your reasons for buying them. Just enjoy them.

BTW, I think I still have and unopened "Billy Beer". According to ebay, worth about .99 cents after 40+ years!

^^Billy Beer! That's funny. My mother has a can of JR Ewing beer on top the fridge in her basement. You can but it for more than the Billy Beer on ebay.

Out for delivery today.

That would have been a neat trick, getting them two weeks before they went on sale.