The Mint's New 2021 Pricing

Yup, no buying means no supply. When supply goes down, prices go up.

buying anything from the mint is no longer economically viable for me. I shell them with the occasional blue email letting them know why I will never buy anything from the mint again, but I know my words & feelings mean nothing to them. they pretty much tell me so in their canned responses. so I hold back my money. they won't get that anymore.

how many different silver eagles we gonna see this year? more than 3? I'm not interested in silver eagles anymore. the mint ruined it for me. I don't want to buy more than 3 silver eagles each year (actually, 1 or 2 different is enough), but the mint insists on making a bunch of garbage out of the silver, or makes far too many different ASEs, or makes limited special ASEs that I'm not going to go after. a feeding frenzy on the mint's website is not how I enjoy the hobby. engaging in that frenzy is not enjoyable for me & is not how I want to go about collecting. so, since the mint soiled the ASE for me, I'm done.

but it's not just the ASE; it's everything. it's the LES set, it's the unending new reverses on quarters, it's the W mintmark on other coins... it seems like every time the mint does something it's another incremental nudge out the door for me (as far as dealing with the mint directly).

i agree: everyone who is not happy with what the mint is doing ought to email them & let them have it. repeatedly. you have nothing to lose by doing so.

once the type l reverse ASEs are done, I'm out. I'm cutting it off right there. my ASE collection will only cover the type l reverses. as far as I'm concerned they can keep their overpriced ASEs with security features & weak reverse design. someone'll end up paying for that stuff, but not me.

show them you are displeased with them by frequently emailing them & telling them about it & don't give them your money. withdraw your funds & support.

US Silver Proof Sets have always been a pleasant investment...until last year....even with the extra quarters, $60 was just a bit too much dough. Saddened for all the collectors who are turned off because of this "business sense"

And that is an additional price gouge. The 2021 Morgan and Peace dollars have the exact same specifications and the commemorative dollar coins, but the Unc Commemorative dollars are $74 and that includes a $10 surcharge that the Morgan and Peace dollars don't have. Without the surcharge the commemorative dollars would be $64, so why are the Morgan and Peace $85? A "21" for the collector, and an extra $21 for the government?

I wonder if Congress should change the charter of the US Mint.
Perhaps it would be a good idea if the US Mint only concerns itself with minting business strike coins for circulation.
Any commemorative such as the 2021 Morgan and Peace dollars could be a competitively bid contract between Congress and one or more commercial mints. The design will still be carried out by a Treasury/Congress designated artist, but the actual minting and pricing will be done by the commercial party/parties. That way, there can actually be some sort of market competition which, hopefully will keep prices down.

(Edited for clarification)

I honestly believe that will only make things worse for the collector. It feel it would not make anything less expensive. Seigniorage on circulation strikes gives the Mint a buffer for its profit margins that would not be available to a private mint. We must also remember that the cost of a coin is not just its material or melt value. I cannot imagine a private company reducing costs without having to resort to offshore manufacturing.

I got my silver proof set in the mail today. I look at it and all I can think of is "Is this it"?

I feel like an alcoholic who needs to drink a beer on the way to Sunday morning mass. Coin addiction: ugg!