ATB Five Ounce Silver Coins

Gettysburg now sold out. Final numbers next week, probably around 25,000.

I think Gettysburg will be higher than those which came after, but will also command higher prices, similar to the Buffalo silver dollar modern commem.

Did chickashaw ever pick up in sales, last I had checked it was stuck around 10k

Now the question is.......will we have to wait until next May for the next Puck to come out (if they continue to mint them)?

I'd ultimately defer to Eric Jordan on that. If you are bullish on the series and have the funds, get 'em all! I am the former but not the latter, so I continue to pick the ones I think have the best combination of design and mintage. In some cases, that means even a nice design will not encourage me to pick up certain ones. Conversely, I'll pass on a low mintage with a lesser design. This is one of the reasons the set is so great, since any way you collect them is a win (except an ill-timed flip, of course): there are designs anyone would like, and they have a LOT of silver in them.

I think what it comes down to is...do you think this will perform more like the $5 commem gold, like Jackie R. and the following 3-4 low mintages, which are not stellar designs but have low mintages? Or do you think it will perform like the $1 silver commem buffalo, in which the design carried the day over the high mintage? Or will this ATB series be a hybrid or performance? I'd pick door #3.

I am missing only 4 of the 2012 releases from the full set as issued: 13, 15 in the bullion and 14, 15 in the collector. I had considered collecting the gold spouses in proof when they were under $500 per in 2007, by the next year they had begun to spiral beyond that. I look at it this way, silver has been trending anywhere between $26 and $48 since the series started and spending $2K for 10 coins per year is vastly easier on the wallet than spending $4K for 4 coins. I will collect both as some designs are superior in the frosted finish and others in the brilliant. In any event, whether the metal content goes up or down, does not matter over much except for up and pricing them beyond my reach, they have been first and foremost been desired as collectibles and the sheer artistry of the coiners art in making these big, lovely coins for sale. I feel very fortunate to have bought my first sets in the silver rush of early 2011, and have not been disappointed with any of the subsequent releases, and will try to get as many as long as I can, not because I would like to complete the set, per se, but for the beauty of the coins.

With the downward mintage trends every year by 2015 they may only be selling 2-3k of these.

The way I see it the series does have 1 major thing on its side and thats the substantial investment the mint made in the presses which they wont want to just get rid of. But if we see silver continue to climb into the high 40s or higher theyre going to be 300+ a coin. If silver some how gets back down into the 20s or teens I see the series finishing out, if it keeps climbing probably only the bullion will be made.

I cant remember the 2013 designs off the top of my head but I do think they were disappointing from memory. That will be a big blow to the P sales if so. 2014 looks to have strong candidates but lately the mint has picked everything but the best designs in a lot of series so well see what happens

For me it's not so much the price but price compared to spot. I picked up many of them at the $205 price. At the time silver was $28-$33 per oz. Silver is still $33 an oz but the price is now $230. I'll buy them at $7 an oz over spot but not $13. Better to get the bullion ones. At my LCS those are always $4 an oz over spot.