Hsn Shyster Says 2009 Is The Last Year For Satin Finish Set

Yes, I think they would, because a lot of collectors would lemming-like rush right out and order a bunch of the them BECAUSE they were the last ones. But in order to capitalize on that the mint would have had to have made that announcement publicly and early enough to get the orders in and the coins made. They didn't do that, which means that if they were discontinuing the satin finish they missed a marketing opportunity. The Mint doesn't miss to many of those.

Of course, if the Mint had officially announced the demise of
Satin Finish Sets, HSN would have capitalized on that opportunity
even more than the Mint would have. (I was having some horrid visions
of the Sets being sold on HSN for $99.99 each if that happened! )

Of course, if the Mint flooded the market with extra Sets for all
the 'lemmings' (to take advantage of such a discontinuation), that
would likely hurt the Set's resale value in the long term...

We (on this forum) seem to be the "Official Satin Finish Haters Club",
so we wouldn't have been running out to grab extra 2009
Sets, but HSN sure as heck would have been hawking them to Grandma
and Grandpa to get extra Sets for the grandkids. And yes third
party hype does add to the 'lemming' effect that Conder spoke of....

The Mint did 'miss one' this year: The LP1 Cent Mint Rolls!
But notice how quickly they upped the quantities made for the other LP Mint rolls....
Then the Lincoln Dollars flew out so fast, that guaranteed
massive hype for the C&C Set. Someone at the Mint was kicking
themselves for setting aside only 50,000 Proofs for the C&C Set.

I just bought another 2009 Mint Set today at the Denver Mint Gift Shop.

This time I got a high-grade Set on the first try!

It could be worse, eaglefoot:
Your girlfriend could be collecting Lincoln Cents and Half-Dollars.
She could be casting covetous eyes at the 95% Copper Cents in the
2009 Mint Set sitting on your computer desk, then finally she chops
up that Set with scissors and absconds with the Cents and JFK's.
(and gives the Quarters to your daughter!)

Not to worry, I had two high-grade Sets locked away (now three!).
That's what I get for saying I had an "extra Set" on my desk....

Good news: one of our members got the 2009 P/D 5/10¢ coins for "hole fillers"

In the Set I had on my desk, most of the 8 Pres. Dollars had a few
small hairline scratch marks, so it wasn't a "high-grade" Set.

As you know, the only source for this year's 95% Copper P+D Cents (and
the Satin JFK's) is, you guessed it, the 2009 Mint Set. This is why I
like this Set's prospects, not because of HSN 'snake oil' rumors.

There were a massive number of 2009 Proof Sets broken up for the
Cents, and this likely applies for the 2009 Mint Sets (I can speak
from personal experience here!).

At the last big coin show I was at (Denver Coin Expo), I counted over
1,000 broken-out 2009 Proof Cent lenses that were for sale individually,
and numerous broken-out 2009 Satin Finish coins. One dealer was
selling Territorial Quarter folders filled with the Satin Finish P+D
Quarters. I also saw a dealer who had filled Jefferson nickel and
Roosevelt dime Dansco's, which had 2009 P+D Satin Finish coins in
place of the business strikes.

PS: She has a 5-gallon water jug ¾-full of common-date Wheats!
It's so heavy, I have to use my hand truck to move it...

This makes it the fourth occassion he's said "no more satins".

If your career depends on your credibility would you risk it to make a few bucks on one type of inexpensive coin? I could see him lying if they were in the hole on thousands of real expensive coins, and your TV show was closing down.

He's got to come back for many years to sell gazillions of other coins, there may be a fire, behind this smoke.

I have never watched the show. Sounds like you have. So how many times has this particular individual lied about coins that you know of?

Traditionally, it wasn't really "lying" going on on HSN, just massive
hype and ridiculous overpricing. It's literally like watching the
classic concept that people have of a "used car lot" (except that even
used car lots don't dare to be that obvious nowadays!).

You can always say that you've heard rumors from an unnamed source, but
when the HSN guy is referring to some non-existent 'act of Congress',
that's crossing the line....