Here's What A Coin Shop Offered For The '11 ASE Set

there was only one strike of American Eagle 25th Anniversery Sets. They made one run of 100,000. I don't think in this particular instance 1st strike is anything but a richness scheme for the grading company.

I kinda agree with the CC comment but if you do the math it might look a bit different. If you bought 2 sets from the Mint on a CC at 18% interest and hold them you would be paying around 1.5%/ month interest ($9). If you sold them in a year the total interest would only be $108.

Don't you think that the sets will fetch $360 each in a year? Sell them earlier and the interest is obviously less...also the minimum monthly payments will decrease the principal a tad also.

Now if you go with PCGS and the higher grading fees and lower grades then you definitely are complicating the issue. But raw sets from the Mint on a CC is not an issue...

If I were you, I would take the $500 while you can. Some are winners and others are loses. I think you will have to cut your loses and move them quickly.

i still feel OGP sets or sealed boxes never opened will rise in price over the years. and since most of us on this forum are true coin collectors we have those yrs to wait with no problem

If you check the price for slobbed coins (I think it's the bluesheet), you'll find they are lower than greysheet, because slobbed coins are overgraded on average.




All the bean does (should be easy to counterfeit) is confirm that the coin actually is the grade on the plastic, bringing it up to greysheet value. IOW, it does what the TPG should have done in the first place.

Maybe a little "poot" in a caption?

I owned a retail store for many years in an industry just like coins where "haggling" is the norm and "second hand" product is part of doing business. The gripe I always had with customers was two fold. One.....they think you are making a small retirement on each sale.....and Two...... they think we should operate as a nonprofit entity. Neither are realistic and most people if they knew just how little we make and how hard we have to work to make it, would think we were crazy for owning our business. Remember this the next time you go into a mom & pop store. Cut them some slack...if they can't make enough to live, they will close the store and just leave their money in the bank. Since I sold my store I do as much business as I can with mom & pop places and never haggle anymore....if they want to cut me a break...that is their choice, but I have too much respect for how hard our small business owners work and can't deny them a lively hood from fair profits. Look at it this way....let's say you sold a coin shop some collectable coin and a week later the price dropped by half. You would feel pretty good about your sale in that you got premium value for it before it crashed. Why should we deny the store owner that same satisfaction if that same coin doubled in value instead? We need to realize we as collectors and our dealers are playing the same game. Buy low....sell high. Dealers are just better at it because they do it every day. Don't think less of them for it, just learn from their expertise.

But I reiterate, I have no "selling history" on ebay....and have never been a member.

The coin shop was/is just the fastest sale, I'm supposing, not necessarily the "best" sale, but quicker.


I wish I knew somebody offering to buy a PCGS slabbed Set for $750.00.......and they take care of shipping, packaging, insurance, etc., etc......I'd send it right out ! .......but this ain't gonna happen.....

I'll just have to sever my losses soon.........