ATB Five Ounce Silver Coins

Hopefully they will continue. I have visited so many of the parks and now with silver going up and the 5oz price down a perfect time to support them and buy! It's probably the best deal on the Mint's site

I ordered mine from the mint and I received another backorder notice yesterday morning and a friend ordered 2 yesterday and was told they were still backorder. I did notice no lOnger said backorder last night so who knows

Well I never bought at 2?9. I was able to pick up Yellowstone for 210 at a local shop. I did get the last 2010 for 229 from the mint as well as up to glacier. Now I am buying olympic and vicksburg

Just checked my order, NP9 shipped today, so I am psyched. Bring it on, NP10!

@Barryg: it was hard justifying these coins at $279 per. I think the Mint wants them to move now, so they might stay @ $204, regardless of where silver is. If that is true could be the best bargain from the Mint in a long time. Glad I started when I did, it would be daunting to shell out $2500 to start from the beginning. They are nice coins in hand with razor sharp details.

w00t!

Had a little heart to heart with the wife and, as a result, we just bought all five 2010 bullion versions from Provident Metal for $1100. That was significantly cheaper than APMEX and ebay. They also have the 2011 issues for $189-$199 apiece, but I think I'm done for now...

Heh. My wife was very angry with me at the end of the year because of how much I spent on silver. At the same time, though, she was really impressed with the 25th Anniversary ASE set and told me to keep an eye on the mint for similar products that might have limited mintage and decent investment potential. After I purchased the complete set of 2010 pucks for $1100, I mentioned that the mint had lowered the prices of the 2011 pucks from $279 to $205 but the prices would likely go up soon now that silver was on it's way back up. I also happened to mention that buying directly from the mint meant getting the pucks in nice presentation cases with COAs, which would probably make them even more desirable to collectors...

And so, just before going to bed, we bought the first four 2011 pucks directly from the mint! We'll pick up the fifth one next month when it comes out...

@barryg: nice pickup, especially the 2010 bullion at a slight premium over the AP's issue price. Now be careful not to get addicted, if that happens, have all four P-mints open in their nice black boxes in front of the Mrs. to remind her how incredible (& cheap) these 3" "quarters" are.

You are not kidding about OD'ing on silver last year. Last January, I started out with 0 coins/0 ounces in the 5 oz. size. Awkward size, never liked rounds in that weight, its either 10s or Kilos. Ended the year with 110 oz/22 coins, among other misc silver I bought during the year. From the announcement of the ATB National Park quarter series in '09, I found the proviso about the 3" silver coin most exhilarating. Finally! A series that I can work on from the ground floor/get-go that will, at the very least, retain its intrinsic value, yet have beautiful, inspiring designs that would hold its own enlarged 25x. Haven't yet been disappointed by any the coins yet, and this year, the designs are best of the lot by far. As simple as the frog and parrot design for El Yunque is, it will be an outstanding example of the bullion or uncirculated run, if it is made this year. Expect lower mintages for either format for this year's coins, perhaps 50,000 bullion/25,000 uncirculated per design. In any event, I still feel lucky from having bought into these early last year, it was crazy spending the money on these, but I feel that history's on my side, for once, numismatically speaking.