What Has Happened To The 2016 Commemorative Gold Dimes, SLQ's And Lwh's?

FIRST, let me say, I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the eagle on the 1/2 ounce gold Walking Liberty coin. The eagle looks BEAUTIFUL, how majestic it looks. To me it screams " I am going to kick your a**", you better step back before my talons dig deep. Total strength, power, is displayed in this coin.

That said, 69s are coming in well below from the Mint's pricing and thats a negative sign for now. That means as spot gold goes lower, so will this coin.

My question to the gang here is- after some of the info I read over Us Mint blog over the demographics (such as the US Mints biggest base of customers are, lets say, a much OLDER age group) is anyone here concerned over re-selling these coins down the road.

To me, that is one major hang up on these wonderful US mint coins, the customer base is so small, an aging, dying demographics. Now dont get me wrong, I am not trying to put down or disrespect the much older senior collectors among us or older than me. I totally respect seniors, but the question must be, who else besides this older demographic will appreciate these coins on the secondary market?

thing is, an older smaller collector base is not healthy for the US Mint.

They need to step up their game, and I highly doubt that in a society today where you have more and more folks staying at home with their parents because they cant afford rent and have many more interests than coins, that younger folks are going to fill in the gaps.

Its time the US Mint partners with all world mints, exports their product to other mints and reaches other collectors, besides the aging population.

Look, I became aware of AGE and SAE coins when I dropped into a baseball card shop that was inside a coin shop, seeing the coins in there and other older US currency sent me to my local bank, First Midwest, and in the lobby, they had this tall closed glass case, and inside was the entire run of proof gold eagles, I remember my friend and I just looking at these coins, stunned at all that gold lol

of course the lady who showed us was surprised and really not too crazy about telling us about these coins, I mean what are two young bucks, crazy about girls and baseball, going to be interested in gold and silver eagles lol

But I think about it and my friend didnt end up being a collector, but I did. None of my friends collected, none. In fact, the only people I know that collect these coins, its always much older folk, seniors to be exact.

So my worry is the US Mint needs to step its game, give these coins a much bigger exposure and I Think it needs to be done overseas FIRST and then a local effort, such as encouraging banks to sell collector coins and proof gold and silver, have them in the lobby, so that maybe at least 1 out of 1,000 takes a look and gets hooked.

The gold SLQ and WLH are still available directly from the mint.

According to http://www.coinnews.net/2017/03/09/...n-set-debut/ -- the current sales figures are:
SLQ = 88,511
WLH = 61,573

The dime is no longer available. Its final sales figure is 124,885.

Markup for these coins is on the order of 45-50%. I don't see a single thing on the Mint's pricing schedule with a markup higher than that.

Hey, I was over the past decade and a half been a strong buyer of the US Mints proof silver and proof gold eagles and have all the various sizes, especially in gold.

My main beef is its much more cost effective to bid on an auction from say MCM or another reputable dealer for a PF 69 than buy right from the Mint. As silver and gold prices tumble, MOST of these proof eagles go for much less on ebay, not all but most do, thats a mintage game on the ones that stay high and one I do not play.

The other thing is I wish the US Mint would start some sort of gold and silver series based on animals found in this country, or a bird series, something.... I do like the eagles but I got MORE than enough lol

The LWH, while the eagle is just man, I could write paragraphs for DAYS on how much I like it being produced in gold, my worry is what if I had to sell, is it going to take forever to sell the darn thing?

That said, that eagle on the coin is driving me nuts and I most likely satisfy the itch by getting one and saying "screw it, if I have to sell I will deal with it later" lol.

But I mean, these are collector coins, the proofs that is. It is hard to compare them to bullion. However, when they get sold on the secondary, heaven forbid you go to a coin shop, they are only going to give you spot.

You know the items that are sold as being collectable with documents of authenticity are not usually collectable. Items become highly collectable because people like them. The 1921-D LWH dollar was not made as a collectable, nor were the Saint-Gaudens $20 pieces. They became highly collectable by accident due to the government melting those Saints from the 1920's down due to FDR and the Great Depression. The 1916 LSQ was not sold to the public solely as a collectable (perhaps a bit since every collector knew it would be low mintage and rare) but as currency. Some of the classic commemorative coins sold are highly collectable and some are not. The 1922 Grant Memorial, with Star in Obverse Field is highly collectable because only 4256 were minted. The Grant Memorial coin with no Star is not highly collectable because 67,405 were minted. It is funny with the Booker T. coins since they were minted from 1946-1951 and some are quite scarce (6000)and they just don't cost that much and the same with the Daniel Boone Bicentennial coins with 1938-D set (2100) for $1640 in MS65. I have read that the 1986 Statue of Liberty Gold $5 coin is highly desirable as is the 1987 Constitution $5 gold and the 2006 San Francisco Old Mint gold $5. What about markup on Silver Eagles. I can usually buy them for a few bucks over spot after a year but the mint wants twice that in many cases. I believe the Silver Eagles and Gold Saints and Buffalo's are a combination of bullion and commemorative coin. The mint does not seem to be able to keep some gold coins in stock and I mean the gold coins of lessor value than the 1 ounce coins. I am not arguing but I just don't want to pay such high prices for coins whose value is mostly due to their being gold.

was happy to pick up a sp69 walking liberty off ebay last week for under $700 after considering the ebay bucks

wow that was a great deal, but bodes ill for future prices lol

the only thing that will float these coins higher will be a rising spot PM market, which is tough right now