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Wondering why these Morgan / Peace dollars cost $85 when you can get the ASE for $73 and the Presidential medals for $65? ASE / Presidential pieces have higher silver content. Mintage limits? Production costs? Is the Mint allowed to set prices by supply & demand? Is there any minting authority that specifies the price? Has all this been answered before? Just curious.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
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I think they cost $85 as the mint can charge that or more. I'm happy they aren't $100 or more.
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Quote: I think they cost $85 as the mint can charge that or more. I'm happy they aren't $100 or more. Yep
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Quote:I think they cost $85 as the mint can charge that or more. I'm happy they aren't $100 or more. Quote: Yep Yep 
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OK. We've established that they cost $85 and everyone is happy they aren't $100.
Any thoughts on the rest of the question?
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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I really think that the price of these was set to not be too expensive and depress sales but not too cheap to not make them feel premium. I was hoping for $65-$75 but $85 wasn't really bad. I'm pretty certain that someone in the marketing department priced these. As to the 2nd part of the question, these are more limited than the ASE and have a higher desirability than the US President medals. As to the mintage they were based on the number of planchet the mint was able to acquire. The mint can set the price for numismatic items as long as there is no loose to produce these. Pricing is actually an art based on demand. Like I said someone in marketing probably looked at the demand, the probability of 100% of the mintage being sold and the cost of the other products and decided on $85.
Edited by hfjacinto 08/11/2021 9:34 pm
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They are $85 to help pay for the new fancy website functions. If they were to buy a website that actually worked perfectly for everyone they would have to charge $25,000. Each. Wall Street firms spend tens of $$millions for systems that can handle 375,000 transactions per 15 minutes. And they pay for them by using them 24/7/365, not just 5 times a year, 15 minutes each time like the Mint has to. And that's why we can't have nice things.
Edited by EDM 08/12/2021 11:43 am
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Quote: Wondering why these Morgan / Peace dollars cost $85 when you can get the ASE for $73 and the Presidential medals for $65? The 2021 dollars are a one year quasi-commemorative. The others are part of an ongoing series. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Just to show how much interest there is in the Peace and Morgan, considering no one actually has a live coin, this thread is number 5 (in the commemorative section) based on the number of replies and number 12 based on the number of views. There is a lot of interest for new Peace and Morgan dollars. I'm looking forward to all the pictures!
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Pillar of the Community
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With being on vacation and the time change, I missed out on the Peace dollar. If anyone wants to trade a CC Morgan for one of their Peace shoot me a PM.
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Quote: If anyone wants to trade a CC Morgan for one of their Peace shoot me a PM. You may want to post that in the trade forum. This reply will get lost here. http://goccf.com/f/17Also, nothing wrong with posting a link to your trade request post in your signature. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote: The 2021 dollars are a one year quasi-commemorative. Perhaps ... and perhaps not. The authorizing legislation doesn't limit them to being minted in 2021.
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote: If anyone wants to trade a CC Morgan for one of their Peace shoot me a PM. I'm not sure how to PM here, but I'd be interested in a trade.
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@AcesKings" Quote: I'm not sure how to PM here, but I'd be interested in a trade. To PM somebody, all you need to do is click on a users name, in this case: wyzeguy to get to their profile. There you will find a link to "send an email" in the Contact Information area. You can then send that person a message.
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