2019 Apollo 11 Commems - Released January 24th, 2019

I'm going to try and purchase the HH of 5 of the special sets and I will also be purchasing the 5 oz proof saucer at some point. Not sure if I should risk trying to get both at the same time. The saucer will be there for awhile longer than the special sets that will sell out in no time.

I got an e-mail and thought about it briefly, but I do not want to eat into my coin budget just yet.

There's a few major issues I have with treating ebay auctions as real market prices.

The first is who you are matters way to much. Different sellers get vastly different exposure with vastly different followings ect. You can be a no one and will almost always get less for a far superior coin than a big name seller with a following where their listings are consistently at the top.

The next would be that some of the auction sellers really just have no idea how to do it successfully. Picture quality will vary greatly and be important in an auction as will timing ect.

There's more that goes into it but here is the biggest issue I have with it. ebay does NOT show every listing to every buyer. They cycle them and hide them from people even if they were looking for that exact thing and they admit that in their terms that they reserve the right to hide listings and they do. With promoted listings it has only gotten worse.

It;s impossible to say that's a fair market value when people literally looking for that thing are blocked from seeing it in searches because of the matrixs being used.




Very true, but the reverse is true as well. Just because someone gets a steal on an auction listing doesn't make that the real price either.




In theory yes, on ebay auctions not necessarily. The fact that they do not show every listing to every person, play games with where they appear in searches, cycle them depending on your sales for the month and past sales ect, means that unless you understand everything they are doing and time it exactly perfectly you are just asking to give something away for pennies on the dollar.

A few updates have been published now on the US Mint site:

Specifications
Composition: 99.9% Silver
Diameter: 3.000 inches
Weight: 155.517 grams
Overall Height: 0.441 inch (it has been corrected now)
Mintage Limit: 100,000 across all five ounce proof silver coin product options

Pictures:





I have to say the obverse looks stunning...

This one may sell out despite the relatively high mintage. I guess the price will determine that as well. But I doubt it will take off (no pun intended).

Even if there's only one version (proof), there may be other packaging options announced later, such as a set with any or all of the other coins. This is just covering their bases because those would be offered as separate "product options".

@Foxwoods - that was the first thing that jumped out at me as well.....makes you wonder. On another note, I really like the picture of the new 5 oz flying saucer.

I know a lot of people aren't too fond of the obverse of this coin, but I think it's great. I did some research and back in 2014, the HOF gold proofs sold out within minutes. Do you think he space coins will be more popular than the HOF series or lag behind?