Pride Of Two Nations Set

dave92029: You are correct, not all coins are big money-makers, and a lot has to do with metal prices, especially gold coins. But I'm selective, buying only coins made not only with precious metals, but possessing low mintages. I'm sure lots of people do this. But on the other hand, I'm not one that sticks to a particular issue or series.

Thus my measly $4,319 US mint investment (4 purchases) over the past 8 years are now worth $5,989 - 39% increase, including the only dud so far, the ATB 5oz Mt. Hood burnished silver coin, but doesn't include the significantly more upside that will come with my 5 Pride of Two Nations sets.

Nope, not enough to retire on, but in 5-10 years could be a nice chunk for a new car!!

dave92029: Good Luck!! We'll all await what happens!

bzookaj: Are you planning to submit them to NGC or PCGS grading?

Unfortunately, I have to say that I disagree. I do think that the beauty of the ASE will help the value some. However, in the long run I think that it comes down to the supply. Given the 110k mintage, the Canadian proof in the set is $25 or so. That means that I have about $115 in to this particular ASE. The 2017-S proof ASE has a significantly lower mintage and is hovering in the $100 range (for raw or PF-69). I just don't see it going up and staying up given how the value of the significantly rarer 2017-S proof ASE has come down. I actually think that the 2019-S proof ASE has more upward potential given the lower price, later in the year release and the potential for it to be overshadowed by this beautiful ASE.

The problem though is that's apples to oranges. This isn't a proof that's released every year. This is a first time thing. The last "enhanced" one was more than double this mintage. It's montage even for the reverse proofs is right in line with the past ones for the most part.

The closest comparison is for the past special issue ASEs, not the every year proofs.

Is it assured to take off to the moon no of course not, but the reverse proofs have done well historically which is basically what this one looks like. It certainly would have been better to have a 50-75k mintage but 110k isn't unreasonable and from the sets I got I'm either unlucky (certainly possible) or the ASE quality might not be what people are expecting overall

46 back in stock as of 7:31am ET.

EDIT: Gone as of 8:04am ET.

InfinityPoint,




I've seen several people discuss odd happenings with this distribution, but I imagine it will (mostly) be sorted out before all is done. For my part, I think it's funny that folks farther from the distribution center have their coins in hand, while my set is yet to hit the P.O. and I'm about a 12-hour drive from Memphis. All this is likely a function of hub consolidation / changes with the common carrier.

It also doesn't seem to be a function of when the purchase went through. I've seen one case of someone purchasing their product hours later and already having received it.

Final verdict - who knows? All I can tell you is that the Mint's shipping methodology has changed over the past 20 years, and not for the better. I used to send in mailers to purchase items and got them within a week or so, always using standard shipping.