ATB Five Ounce Silver Coins

This repricing might not be $229.95, and may in fact may be bypassed in favor of $254.95. If I recall correctly NP1 was priced in early April, about 3 weeks before its scheduled availability on the 28th of that month. In early April the price of silver was around $37/38 oz. That shot up to $48/oz. on the day of release. A $20 premium per oz. got cut to $8 per oz. So unfortunately, you might be out of luck on NP10. It's really quite possible that the 2012s will be around $279.95 depending if silver stays around the $35-$40 area, and also factoring in the rumored lowered 25,000 mintage. It's not looking good for lower silver prices this year.

All I know is that I am really glad to have purchased the 2010 and 2011 sets when I did. Had I bought earlier, I would have paid the $279.99 per coin, and had I waited I would have either not gotten them at all or else paid a lot more.

I have a feeling I won't be getting the 2012 coins...

The repricing has the effect of dampening sales of the existing 2011 inventory even more, since having the price move up and down in concert with the spot price makes them into bullion coins, instead of collector coins to a lot of collectors. This is probably why the Mint withheld putting the 2012s onto the calendar, they'll want to track how the existing pucks sell with the higher pricing, and gives them the option to cancel offering the 2012s if the sales are poor. There's nothing in the authorizing legislation that says the collector coins have to be issued along with the bullion. The Mint already has done this with the ASE program, suspending year(s) for both the proof and burnished uncirculated. If this comes to pass, it's a mixed bag, I'll probably drop the uncirculated pucks in favor of the super shiny bullion, as that can be completed, while there would be holes with the other set. On the bright side, that's $1,400+ saved in the bank.

That's my threshold as well I think. Maybe a little more if silver rises and I relly want them and pricing ends up being in a similar ratio to spot as the 204 pricing was

They took over a week last 2 times. With silver fluctuating so it may take a bit or it will go up quite a bit to compensate

I wasn't able to get number 10 so I hope things settle down and prices are pOsted soon! Not 279 though. I didn't buy any at that price so missing 3 of the first 5. Oh well. To me not worth that high price. 204 price was great and I did buy fOr gifts this year. Glad I did

Thank goodness the price of silver dropped to under $33/oz the past couple of days. They are all back for sale at $204.95 as of this morning. Who knows how long it'll stay at this price, but we know now that if it gets anywhere near or over $35/oz. the Mint will suspend all the silver products. Still no word on the El Yunque bullion or uncirculated release, though.