ATB Five Ounce Silver Coins

I can use a little break so hopefully there will be a few weeks of silence..
But yeah, I'll get both 2012 eagles and the silver set once it's released.
And all the pucks I can afford..

Weird. I had read that they couldn't be struck in a year other than what is stamped on them. They are still selling 2011 proofs as well. The 2010 silver were available til the end of Dec 2011 so who knows. I'm glad they are still available since I couldn't buy all I need for presents

@ barryg I believe that since they just started punching the pucks in 2011, that they have been going crazy
trying to punch 2010's and 2011's to catch up. Looking at my order history I ordered NP1 4/29/11, that's 10 in less then a year. I'm thinking it will slow down a bit now since they seemed to be caught up.. Or I could be totally wrong.

Angel, I think the collect-able coins can be purchased till they are sold out. Circulating coins can only be sold the year they are minted..
Least that's how I understand it.

@barryg: the collectible NPx coins are NOT considered bullion by the US Mint, though to many PM stackers, they are only bullion. Thus, by that designation, the 2011 designs can be sold the following year into 2012 and even into 2013 until the entire mintage is sold out. The bullion coins SHOULD terminate sales to APs on Dec. 31st, but if the Mint still has inventory they will continue to sell the prior year dated coins in January. They have a historical precedent for this when they sold 2010 ASEs in January 2011. With the 5oz coins, the Mint has indeed sold additional 2011 coins this past January. I'm guessing the costs to scrap and refine the metal is not cost effective, and the metal is considered bullion anyway, the design and the date is largely irrevelent to such continued bullion sales.

Yes, I mean the 5 design/yrs vs the same design of ASE for the last 25+ yrs. It's true that the ATB 5oz had come out over 2yrs; however, there are not much marketing going on. If you recall the marketing of the State Quarter program back in 1999, the marketing of the ATB program is miniscule. Many smaller bullion dealers don't have the ATB; point of reference, go to your next local coin show and check those dealers' cases.

When I talk about the premium, I did mentioned the bullion version, which is around $190+/- w/o shipping, not $205 from the Mint. You can check the price on APMEX.com and providentmetals.com and the price for a 5oz since price of silver change

ATB bullion is about $200 shipped (or a bit less), which make it about $40/oz; if you buy in quantities and pay in cash/check then it can come down to about $37/oz. Similarly, if you buy individual ASE then it's in the range of $40+/- per coin but if you buy them in tube of 20 then it's about $37+/- per coin.

Regarding selling them at a latter date: True, it's probably harder to sell a 5oz than 5 ASE since more people can buy from you at 1oz each. ASE also more popular. The group that buy the 5oz ( ATB or other countries' minted coins) is always lesser than the group that buy 1oz. I guess the 5oz coin is more fit for those wanting to get 20+ oz of silver/year (ie: those with higher budget for silver).

I was holding off from buying since I was not going to be home a few days and didn't want to miss delivery. Today I found out that the mint will delay shipment for 2 weeks ! Anyway when I called this morning they were just suspended! Oh well. At least I was able to pick up a few for 204 95 of the others. Yes I posted on another thread that the coin was probably the best deal out there. But gone now

Two things here in my opinion:

1. The current price of silver at $35+ is causing a repricing. They dropped the price to 205 when silver was around 30/oz. The mint already spent a lot of money producing these things, so they're probably going to continue to try to sell them.
2. the mint has historically not well-represented its product schedule. Last year was an anomaly. I expect the pucks to continue at least through the 2011 issues.

I meant 2011 when I typed it but just realized that all the 2011s are out there for sale.

With that knowledge, I am 50/50 on whether we'll see the 2012s. I really hope we do though, some of those designs are pretty slick and would look great on the big format.