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Valued Member
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So I am interested to know who will be purchasing one of these sets today at noon? I know I will....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll definitely be purchasing at least one. I was originally going to buy more, but the whole "mint to demand" thing makes me doubt whether these will have much investment potential and therefore I will probably just buy one set for my collection. On the other hand, it does include a reverse proof, which always seems to be in demand by collectors. On the other other hand, though, will it still command a premium down the road if they end up minting a million of them? On the other other other hand, though, what if everybody feels the same way I do and they only end up minting 100,000 of them...
OK, I'm out of hands at this point. I guess I'll get one today and then revisit the issue in a few weeks before the purchase window closes. Maybe by then the value of silver will have skyrocketed and I'll feel better about shelling out $150 for each set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Somebody give barryg a hand!
I am waiting till the end (July 5th) to see what kind of sales (mintage) numbers are given...hopefully the sales counter will be active like I've heard. At least one set, maybe a few others for friends, just not today.
Edited by oih82w8
06/07/2012 10:21 am
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 United States
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Wow! All great points! I think the reason they are doing the whole "mint to demand" thing is because of the fiasco they had with ordering the 2011 Anniversary set....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am definatly gonna get at least 1.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think even with the way the Mint has this structured, it will probably will crash the on line order center for the first hour...  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep, looks like the site is down...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The sales counter is up...sorta "*Data for cumulative total units ordered will first appear on June 8, 2012 at approximately 3 p.m. (ET). " I was hoping for a "real time" counter...is that too much to ask?  Edited by oih82w8
06/07/2012 1:31 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Seriously.....I hate the mint website!!! Its taking forever to login.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got 5 sets ordered.....  ... |
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice  .....still waiting to checkout!!!  |
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United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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So much for the anticipated site upgrade, the slowness of the site was at a record snails pace and even locked up during order review and would not proceed. I had to restart checkout, but this time I got a confirmation number.
I did not have this much trouble with the 25th anniversary sets
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So this is a 75th anniversary set which dates back to 1937 according to my math, what happened then, something to do with San Fran mint no doubt, opening or shutting perhaps?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 75th Anniversary of the latest SF Mint. The first coins minted in SF were in 1854 (Gold coins).
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Posted 06/07/2012 10:13 am
