ATB 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Question

They way I understand it:

Mintage Limit: Maximum that can be minted.
Product Limit: Maximum that can be ordered.
Household Order Limit: Maximum that can be ordered per household.

Thank you, but shouldn't the max that can be ordered be the same as max that can be minted? And what about these questions....

Q 2) Is there a (official) date when orders for each of these coins will cease? How is it that last year the mintage limit was also stated by the US Mint product catalogue to be 25.000 for each coin but all SOLD OUT at less than 25,000 each sold? http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs...intageTotals

Q 3) On the same page as noted above, a few nights ago when I checked this page, the US Mint noted that the sales for the unreleased 2013 White Mountain National Forest is 12,700. What does that mean?

They have some leeway for when they can cut off sales. They just have to keep them on sale until sold out or for the year, but they dont have to just let them stay on sale for all of the next year like theyve done in the past.




Thats how many of the bullion ones that have been sold so far.

I don't think Product Limit comes into play on these coins. The Mintage Limit defines the number of coins total that will be sold unless the mint decides to cease production before that number is reached.

Product Limits are usually set when you see a collection - and this coin is included in that collection. To see that you'd need to go look at the Gold coins where they will Mint so many total coins (Mintage Limit) and then offer individual coins (Product Limits). You'll see the Mintage Limit is higher because they will mint more of the coins to be included in the sets - but the individual Product Limits are different. Here is the mint information for the 1/4 ounce Gold coin.

Mintage Limit: 30,000
Product Limit: 10,000

What that means is the 1/4 ounce coin - alone - will have 10,000 coins possibly purchased - and 30,000 total produced. (the other 20,000 reserved for the 4 coin proof set in this case)

America the Beautiful 5 Oz. Silver Coins

2010-P Hot Springs National Park Silver Coins 27,000 27,000 - - Sold Out
2010-P Yellowstone National Park Silver Coins 27,000 27,000 - - Sold Out
2010-P Yosemite National Park Silver Coins 27,000 27,000 - - Sold Out
2010-P Grand Canyon National Park Silver Coins 26,019 26,019 - - Sold Out
2010-P Mount Hood National Park Silver Coins 26,928 26,928 - - Sold Out
2011-P Gettysburg National Park Silver Coin 24,625 24,625 - - Sold Out
2011-P Glacier National Park Silver Coin 20,856 20,856 - - Sold Out
2011-P Olympic National Park Silver Coin 18,398 18,398 - - Sold Out
2011-P Vicksburg National Park Silver Coin 18,594 18,594 - - Sold Out
2011-P Chickasaw National Park Silver Coin 16,827 16,827 - - Sold Out
2012-P El Yunque National Park Silver Coin 17,314 17,314 - - Sold Out
2012-P Chaco Culture National Park Silver Coin 17,146 17,146 Sold Out
2012-P Acadia National Park Silver Coin 14,978 14,978 - - Sold Out
2012-P Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Silver Coin 14,863 14,863 - - Sold Out
2012-P Denali National Park Silver Coin 15,225 15,225 - - Sold Out

Why does the US Mint not mint to the full 25,000 limit for each coin? With this series, I have always ordered on day 1 of sale by US Mint. If I have to pay the shipping fee 5 times a year just for it, I'm okay by that. I actually like these coins a whole lot and am looking forward to finishing the full collection in 20XX whatever year that may be.

I saw a dealer selling a really nice wooden collector display cases for this series of coins (the bullions). If only I could afford to buy the bullions of this series alongside of the collector version then it would make sense for me to buy those wooden display cases.

link - I went to the Coinnews.net website and actually was looking at mint numbers when you posted.

The production numbers are estimates based on demand. On several of the offerings there just wasn't enough demand to justify keeping them up for sale. (IMO)

I am actually buying these now - since the price dropped below $200 - and after I got my first I agree they are quite the coin. I think the 25,000 will probably start to sell out more regularly at this price... (again my opinion).

I've gotten one of every uncirculated ATB puck releases thus far and it's been interesting (if not a bit frustrating) to see Ag go up and down so wildly. nearly $50/oz for Hot Springs and now we're hovering around $21.50.

woof.

It's always difficult to drop money on an expensive coin when there are bills to pay, gifts to buy, etc. But in my experience it's worse to buy them all later, even if you can find them cheaper than retail.

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