US Mint 2016 24k Gold Coins To Celebrate 1916 Designs

$205 seems a little steep markup wise.

As for the prices falling out I don't think so, at least not below issue price as long as gold spot stands when you make the comparison.

Just look at raw 2013 2 coin Eagle sets with the reverse proof and enhanced uncirculated Eagles. Every time I look they are still in the $130 issue price range. And the mintage of those was +225K

I had to Google Dan Carr to get that one.

Daniel Carr is a numismatic artist. In 2008 he acquired a decommissioned us mint press and now makes his own designs and dies to make pure fantasy pieses but he also creates fantasy date designs of past coin series like morgans peace ike barber etc. and overstrikes his designs using actual coins from the series which he's replicating as planchets (overstrike). It's a highly controversial area of collecting. Some think he's destroying the hobby while others see it as numismatic fringe art.

Also, with him, you can almost bank on his overstrikes only rising in value from issue price. He usually keeps mintages lower than demand

That works

I like the coin in general, however I think I'm going to go with the wait and see approach on this. If the mintage number was an Eisenhower C and C set, I'd jump faster, but I think this will be around long enough I can combine this with other mint purchases and get upgraded shipping (i.e. Silver proof set and maybe another product).

That being said, I think it will sell out once the other two coins get released since people will want to complete the set.

Not going to play the "buy 2 and flip 1" game with these (anyone trying to flip these will probably get burned like the Kennedy C&C). Probably buy two or three and keep the one I like best and return the other two to avoid getting a bad one.

I will say I think the presentation box is nice enough where I won't want to get it graded and just leave it in there.

I like the thought of 'buy a few, select the best and return the rest'..... if you don't mind some troubles in exchange for a 'perfect' coin in your eyes.
Just be extra careful w/ the returning process and follow up, because they WON'T!

Foxwoods, I'd be right with you if the mint could consistently put out quality products. However, virtually every time I buy proof sets, there are several that have debris, spots or other sorts of damage to the coins. I went to a large coin show on Friday and the mint was there. I looked at five proof sets. Every single on of them had debris inside the Presidential dollar holder. No way is that acceptable for the price they're charging. Other world mints do a much better job of the same thing. Since the mint has made a decision not to worry about debris in their holders & imperfect coins and not to have a final visual inspection, it looks like I'll have to do it for them. Therefore, I'll buy twice as many proof sets as I need (10 instead of 5 of each) and return the extras.