New Limited Eagle Sets To Come...

At least they have learned to reduce the limit to two sets. The 25th anniversary set was gobbled up by speculators and left many collectors left out in the cold. I felt very lucky to get the one I had ordered a full month after the sale day.

1) I suggested 10 for the limit. 2 is stupid.
2) quit complaining about speculators, big buyers, etc buying this stuff up. Everyone has the same chance to call in. They have to go through the same system. Thats how it goes. We have yet to get shut out of anything we have wanted to get.
3) I was unaware there was something that said you had to collect everything that comes out. Get what you want and thats that. The more they offer, the more choices people have. Why is variety being criticized? doesn't make sense.
4) I would LOVE to see an ultra high relief. Anyone seen the UHF 20$ gold? That thing is awesome. A set with that and a reverse proof...I would buy that every year.

It's called Capitalism......Your real beef is with Adam Smith.

I'm not rich but the ASE anniversary set profit made for a nice Christmas for this middle class family.

I hope they don't release anything more than once a year. An alternate mintmark each year would be pretty cool... I do agree that they should change the design once in a while, there were other wonderful images of liberty (SLQ) that would be just as beautiful.

I'm about to take the survey, glad I popped on here cause I had forgotten about it.
IMHO
2 Sets a year is over kill, I mean as long as its a 1-3 coin set anything more and I'm gonna have to go New Jack City...Just so I can keep up
I think one set a year is good, but even 1 every 2 years would be better. Think it would drive more of an urge to buy. Unless they release these sets in limited quantities, I think 150K would be a nice number. This way the 25th still holds its title.
I wanna get excited about what 2 set a year would do for the collection aspect, as smoke said more variety, but I can't help but feel they're trying to rape us for what ever they can. A little extreme...yea just a little tired. Almost no sleep in 3 days watching my little guy fight this nasty infection he caught while we were in WV. Its been 4 days now, Had him at the docs and all but still that fear sneaks in... What if... you know.
But off to take the survey.

I agree with Biggfredd. I think that releasing two sets a year like that will cheapen it and create a boom that will play out over a few years.

Also I personally see nothing wrong with flipping sets like some have with the 25th sets, but what some of the dealers have done with purchasing hundreds of these sets somehow has created an artificially high market for these. That is not capitalism, it is a manipulated market plain and simple.

I personally would rather see something like the Prestige Sets brought back and including an ASE proof along with a commem or two from that year as well and made to order instead of limited run. I really liked those prestige sets.

2 per household means we get two...dealers get 500 as always

..and as for the "everyone has and equal chance" comment...duh! yes every collector has an equal chance.."special" people (dealers) get all they want. That was proven with the 2010 5 oz. puck set, again with the 25th Annie sets. They had hundreds for sale before we even got a single set delivered...

Equal chance does not apply

Remember this dude? He bragged about having "hundreds" of graded 2010 puck sets before we even had received a single set...and that was at one per household (yes, per AP)

I wish the mass media mooed public would quit re-defining capitalism as this!

Capitalism is defined (look it up!) as the chance we as individuals - and not the state/government - to own our own business. History proves it was/is our system of Capitalism that turned us from a small UK colony into the major world power and made us the most charitable nation in history.

Criminal activities corrupt capitalism and THIS is the problem - the under-the-table deals and money. But when you get rid of capitalism you kill everyone's will/creativity. Just visit a communist country sometime to see this.

I cannot believe there is no corruption in the mint's handling of things as evidenced by Foxwoods Man's post and the plain facts that there were so many of the 25th Ann. sets already graded and ready to sell before the average Joe got his sets. BUT Capitalism is NOT the problem.

The same corruption occurs in a non-capitalistic society - just the average Joe is not free to complain about it without losing everything including (at times) life outside of jail.

I like the idea of new ASE sets for each year b/c I like the looks of the reverse proof. However, I also think that once something that is seen as really special is offered too soon, they become too commonplace and people lose interest.