20th Anniversary Silver Set - Ebay Insanity!!!

I know that when I ordered my 3 silver sets, they were not individually boxed within the box. Once I opened the box that arrived from the mint, my chance of getting them certified was gone. I wasn't to worried about it. I prefer them raw but I have a feeling that your gold sets might arrive the same way. I only ordered one gold set so there was not a box within a box issue to deal with.

I guess it depends on who you send it to. PCGS seems to me tighter on their grading than NGC, but who knows. I haven't seen many 68 grades on these sets, though. The quality seem to be pretty high.

heck look at this reverse proof coin that sold for $5887.00 graded PR70 by PCGS http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-P-PCGS-PF7...le_W0QQitemZ140048177762QQihZ004QQcategoryZ11959QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem now thats what I call crazy when you can still buy the whole set for 100 bucks

It's nice to see someone tryin to get the truth out about the First Strike insanity!

I have my first 10 sets already here in 2 per box so I have 5 boxes already, and I have 5 more boxes that says they will ship in december with 2 sets in each box that are going to my aunts house next door. I paid 4.00 a box but atleast I dont have to send but 2 sets at a time to the TPG to get them certified as 20th anniversary sets. I think I blew 2 years of budget on the gold 20th anniversary sets and the silver sets but atleast I have already sold one of the gold sets and paid for 5 of the Gold sets

I just checked and my other sets have been changed to "In stock and reserved"

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Originally posted by BERRY4402

Found this while looking around on ebay. Very interesting reading. It is virtually a commentary (in a sellers section) on the Mint's operation of collector coins. I think a lot of his facts, if not all are correct.

Berry

http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-AMERICAN-S...ET_W0QQitemZ110055131809QQihZ001QQcategoryZ41108QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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I sent this seller an email about his comments and this is what he sent back. Thought it would be of interest to everyone.

"You are very welcome Guy. FYI...the first-strike designation was thought up by a low life whose name I will not mention here. Unfortunately, I know him well and I consider him to be nothing more than a swindler and a cheat. He sells coins on a tv coin show for outrageous prices and gets away with it because of the hype he puts on them. Because of the huge volume of coins he submits for grading, he was successful in convincing several coin grading services to provide a first strike designation for his coin show and the rest is history. By the way, I believe that these 3 coin sets will be a great investment. If you're looking for a set or two, you can buy them directly at the US Mint for $100 a set. My primary purpose in this auction was to inform coin collectors of the false and misleading first strike designation and to enable investors who have already purchased the maximum limit of 10 sets to buy more if they wish to do so. In my opinion they will sell out soon.
Thank you again for your very kind comments and good luck in your numismatic search."

I sure appreciate this kind of information. I watch the TV coin guy just to hear what new overly-creative marketing mumbo jumbo he will come up with next. Would you buy a used car from this guy?