United States Mint Opens Sales For 2015 March Of Dimes Special Silver Set On May 4

And if you were to actually special order a vehicle its even longer than that

The extra 17 K sets left could probably be bought by the people shopping on ebay if they knew any better :-)

Actually, the Mint is under something of a time constraint with this set.

By law, the MoD silver dollar can only be sold through December 31, 2015. If any of these Special Sets were still unsold at that point, they would have to be taken off sale and destroyed.

This is the case for all commemorative coins authorized by Congress - they can only be sold during the calendar year for which they are authorized. The other sets that you mention do not fall under these rules and so can be sold past their year of release.

Btw, my mod uncirculated dollar just shipped.

I did not know this. Thanks for letting me know. Perhaps they're not really concerned about over production, but having to destroy coins.

BTW, I just got a shipping notice for my order which had several other items on it too.

Im gonna take this opportunity to gripe about coin grading:

So I ordered 5 sets, a bit greedy, I know but I wanted to make up for other mint products I missed, still havent decided to keep or sell them all and buy some other coins.

But I noticed the ngc article about the special "pedigree" labels they offer for the MOD set. No price listed but upon searching pcgs I see they charge $18 JUST for the first strike label?!? So does that mean if the normal grading is $20, and first strike is another $18, then its $114 just to grade one set? Thats more than the set costs on ebay. Am I missing something? I'm sure a pf70 dime would sell for a good premium but I figured youd be stuck with a bunch of graded silver dollars that probably wont sell for more than the original price. Seems risky.

Im continually brought to the conclusion that submitting stuff for grading (unless your a dealer with lots of volume) will cost more than buying one from someone who has already done it.

Trading some sets for some other coins sounds a lot more appealing at this point as the scarcity of them gives me a little more bartering power.

I may also just store them away for a couple years and see if they climb in value. I can already see the ebay prices slipping a tiny bit. Only time will tell

Thoughts?

Turbolag, you're spot on with what you're thinking. 3rd party grading has it's purpose, but most modern coins are not it. The 1st strike labels are completely useless in my opinion. The fact that the majority of the Roosevelt dimes in this set could qualify for 1st strikes illustrates my point. More importantly, if the people at the grading service can't tell a difference in strike quality and have to rely on submission date, then doesn't it just go to show that the experts at the 3rd party grading services really can't determine a significant difference between what's an early strike from a die set and what's a later strike from a die set. It is however an easy way to generate a revenue stream.