West Point Mint 2 Piece Silver Eagle Set

Here is a snippet of the press release for this set. Note the last line in bold - as they wrote it.

The 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Set contains one silver "reverse" proof quality coin and one silver "enhanced" uncirculated quality coin. On the reverse proof coin, the mirror-like background finish of a traditional proof coin is applied to the design elements, achieving a magnificent contrast. On the obverse (heads side) of the enhanced uncirculated coin, the mountains, red stripes, and blue parts of the American flag; the year; and Liberty's sandals have an uncirculated finish. The remaining elements and lettering on the obverse have a heavy frosted finish. On its reverse (tails side), the ribbon in the eagle's beak, arrows, olive branch, alternating stripes in the shield, and the border around the shield have an uncirculated finish. The lettering and other design elements on the reverse have a heavy frosted finish. The fields on both sides of the coin have a new light frosted finish. All these enhancements - unique to this coin - add sharp definition to the designs. These two coins will only be available in this special set.

It will be months after the sales end. All the sets have to be shipped and returns/cancellations subtracted.

There will be a preliminary number next week but this may change dramatically when the dust settles...but it will be a maximum number anyway

And thats what ticked off a lot of people including myself. It would have been nice to have both unique but if theyd been upfront about it it is what it is.

Instead they chose to wait till the sales period was over and let everything think they were unique and like a week after that ended they announced the other set. As if that wasnt bad enough the other set had currency in it so they had to coordinate with another government agency and had known they were going that set for months and kept it hidden to try and milk the sales of the sets letting people believe they were unique.

The 2006 also started out as 2 unique coins. The 2006 burnished ASE wasn't announced until after the 2006 set had been sold.

You also need to keep in mind that whatever complaints there were about the 2012 set, the 2006 set was worse. There are lot fewer RP 70 from 2006 than 2011 or 2012. On top of all that, there are all those newer collectors who did not get a chance to buy the 2006 set. in a few years the same will be true for 2012 and 2013 sets.

First Strike/Early Release 70 are the way to go with this set imho $

In an avalanche its better to be on top than underneath it !

Does anyone know what sales figures were for last years set was with one day to go? I just checked the mint site the counter for the new set is at 2333K. I really thought there would have been more sold then that by now. I'm sure a bunch will be ordered today and tomorrow, but I guess there is a chance the mintage stays under 309k!