2013 Age

BU pieces have more risk for the price of gold dropping though.

As far as the initial question theres no surefire answer. Some coins take off more than others and the future price of gold is a iffy if youre buying just to flip. About the best you could do is look at last years issue and see what its doing now since thatd be the time frame to sell I assume, and unless there was some unusually low mintage this year will probably follow suit

I think part of the reason for 2012 extra premium is because of the mintage (many people were caught off-guard by the Mint's sudden end to many of the coin). Here's 2012 Proof AGE for your research/reference (in order of 1oz - 0.5oz - 0.25oz - 0.10oz): 14,848 - 3,962 - 4,969 - 11,680.

If I have the money, I would buy the uncirculated version of the First Spouse (24 karat gold, 1/2 oz size).... just pick a year/design that you like. The mintage is in the low 2K. It's like a sleeper series in the making....

Scroper thanks for the info I have looked at Heritage or Teletrade and saw that they deal primarily in graded coins and I was hoping to stay with proof coins that still have their OGP and I have looked at ebay and will continue to look there and at the lcs. I know that I am going to be paying a premium, it's just how much of a premium am I going to be willing to pay.

SA4H: like a number of other folks around the country I was caught short by the unexpected closure of last year's AGE. If last years coins aren't a key date they are really close to that status. If I can't them through a LCS there is a big coin show in my area over the 4th of July that may be just the ticket.

Your suggestions about 1st spouses is an excellent one and the uncirculated species of that issue is an outstanding choice and one that is surely to appreciate in time. It would probably either be a 1st spouse or the gold commerative coin that I would get as a replacement. However, my druthers would still be the 1/10th ounce AGE if I can find one or two.

My other alternative is to purchase 2 of the 2013's for each and be done with it.

I know well enough if I give them the money to purchase the coin on their own it will never get done. So it's going to be my decision and action that will get it done.

I agree with basebal21.

However, comparing the premium of the AGE vs the 1st Spouse Gold coins, they are pretty much equal (getting from the Mint, on release). The 1st Spouse sometime can get have for cheaper than the AGE. An other advantage to that is the fact that it's 24karat (0.9999 gold), the purest US gold coin, and those information are on the coin so in the worst case scenario, it would be easily trade-able anywhere gold is recognized (not just the US or western countries)..... I am saying this because Asian culture value 24k gold more and command a slight premium over 22k gold. As for the interest, currently it's minimal, but at such low mintage, you don't have much to loose (average circulated bullion gold coins, half oz, usually have the premium of about $50 above spot), for $50 on top of that, you can have the 1st Spouse coin in a nice presentation box at a much lower mintage, why not? Add on it the history behind the coin and the history of the 1st Spouse. This is just my take (disclosure, I haven't able to afford to buy any of the 1st Spouse lately (the last one I've bought was the Lincoln), but I am aiming for the Alice Paul.... hoping may be I can sell/exchange the Lincoln for the Alice Paul or may be save enough to buy it before the Mint end it (may be in early June)).

Another way to look at this: Consider the premium % for each of the gold coin, to get the most bang for your buck. I am sure the 1st Spouse have the lowest premium % of any 24k gold coins and it's probably no more than 5% above AGE premium %.

@ ghostrider: I like your alternatvie of 2x 2013 AEG. However, I can't blame you for hunting for the 2012 as I do hate to have the series be interrupted.