Rare Coins "American Innovations"

I've been buying the proofs and reverse proofs from the mint. The business strikes I've been buying full year sets on eBay for under $3 each. I haven't seen prices that high, and wouldn't buy them unless it's graded.

Massachusetts is definitely not more rare than any of the other Innovation Dollars, none of which are really "rare". I do see what you are saying, on eBay they are selling for a lot more than other ones. Could be that a lot of the bulk buyers from 2020 have ran out of stock, pushing the price up?

It is because the American Innovation $1 Coin 2020 Rolls and Bags - Maryland (hubble) and American Innovation $1 Coin 2020 Rolls and Bags - Massachusetts (telephone) are now sold out at the mint finally and when that happens the secondary market is able to raise prices based on free market demand vs lower supply and now since the lower cost direct from mint option is gone those are more by default. You can therefore either start as I did with the ones available from the mint that might be popular later like the reverse proofs, then proofs starting earliest years and then uncirculated if you wish as well. Keep in mind that those uncirculated have had some serious quality differences and so buying bags may not necessarily net you high quality coins, perhaps need to buy rolls as I did instead of individual coin sets from dealers who may just have bought bags in bulk, or go to shops in person and try to cherry pick if you are able. I only have a partial set due to that and less wanting to collect the uncirculated as I just liked the different designs. Most online sellers dont show actual coins for these unfortunately. However on the other side the varying quality does make for possible numismatic increase in value for highest grade examples in the future of the uncirculated versions, but I'm not that keen on using this series for that purpose as its demand is lower overall with some issues still available at the mint years later, but a thought nonetheless if you collect them anyway.

Buying whole bags or rolls is not the best idea I think. What to do with the rest of the coins ? I don't think selling them will be a quick thing, considering that I'm not a big dealer and I'm not a dealer at all (no matter how much I would like to become one).

You can buy the proofs and additionally reverse proofs if you want the best look of the designs as well as these most recent proofs tend not to have drastic differences in quality. The discussion is really whether you wish to also get the uncirculated for collecting, and if so most will be perfectly happy with the ones sold by dealers or online sellers whether sold individually or as year sets. Its just that quality has certainly been variable and so they may not appeal as much to those seeking out top quality examples. You may just pay a premium on certain coins by buying them later after the mint no longer has stock. Thats where some might like to buy rolls or bags themselves (or cherry pick) and then resell or spend the ones they cant resell.

I, myself buy an 'annual set' from eBay sellers to get my P and D coins, the proofs and reverse proof are directly from the mint.

I think buying TPG coins is the best idea. Buying such coins will cost about $ 40, unprocessed coins are not much cheaper. But I didn't plan to invest a lot of money in this series. Some coins from the series are not on the Russian market at all. We'll have to look for them. I think I won't buy expensive no graded coins for my set yet and will buy them later. Maybe I can find them cheaper later.

The forum it was forwarded to is the one it is currently in where you are reading it! That is: US Commemoratives and Non-Circulating Coinage (NCLT) Including Grading, Varieties, and Errors

It was moved from: US Modern Coins

The American Innovation Dollars are NCLT, which is why it was moved.