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New Member
United States
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Hi all,
When I first decided to start collecting two very, very long months ago (lol) one of the first things I did was sign up for product enrollments from the US Mint. Well, I've begun to receive my first shipments -- the 2017 uncirculated set just arrived yesterday -- and it made me want to revisit this topic.
I was wondering whether other members of this forum have signed up for enrollments. If so, which ones? What quantity? And if not, why? As an aside, I know some folks sign up for bulk enrollments for commercial purposes, but I'm mostly looking for feedback from individual collectors like myself.
Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts & input! :)
Michelle
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Moderator
 United States
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Like you, I have an enrollment for one yearly uncirculated set. The coins get removed from the OGP and placed in my Dansco Albums. I didn't collect the Presidential dollars, so those I either spent, sold, or traded. |
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Valued Member
United States
110 Posts |
I haven't enrolled in the US Mint programs. I collect all three types of year sets, the uncirculated, the proof, and the silver proof. I filled in many gaps using ebay. Some of my purchases off of ebay were for less than the original list price! Some years appreciated in value, but not many. I'm cautiously optimistic about the 2017 sets because the Presidential Coins have ended their run and fewer collectors will buy sets. Time will tell. Also since you are just starting out, I rely on "The Official Red Book" from Whitman. It gives information about US coins and commemoratives and also about the yearly coin sets. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I haven't enrolled in anything at this point but, maybe a yearly uncirculated set and maybe clad proof set would be nice. I just haven't been in this arena long enough to have established anything like that. It's sort of a catch-up period for me.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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New Member
 United States
11 Posts |
Thanks all for the input thus far! :) mvl9591 - thanks for letting me know about the mint sets being in the Red Book! I actually own that book but I was using it for more focused searches so I didn't notice that it was in there. I'll take a look this evening. :) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I buy an uncirculated set, a proof set, a silver proof set and the Proof Silver Eagles every year. But I see no need to "enroll" in the auto ship program. I always remember plus the Mint sends me emails frequently.  |
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
I am enrolled for the annual silver proof set. Thought about the clad proof and uncirculated, but decided that I wanted to focus on silver coinage. |
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Valued Member
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to the community, uffmic. I do not buy anything from the US Mint now. When I did, I could not get my money out of it. So, goodbye mint. |
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Valued Member
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Also, uffmic, don't pay too much attention to the prices in the Red Book. By the time its published, the prices are out of date. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12815 Posts |
I was enrolled in a few items when the Mint offered 10% off for subscriptions (this is going back to 2014). Averaging the products I was enrolled it, the 10% basically covered the $5 shipping per item. When that promotion ended, I stopped all subscriptions and I bunch as many orders together as I can to save on that $5 shipping charge where possible.
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Valued Member
United States
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I enrolled in the silver set, the silver proof set, the uncirculated set, and the ASE. I keep debating enrolling in the uncirculated ASE. It costs about $20 more than bundling purchases into one lot, but one year I forgot and paid as much more later. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Normally everything sold by subscription will be available the next year for less money on ebay. All of the proof sets I got back in the 70s and 80s are now worth a lot less than I payed the mint for them back then (except the silver bicentennial set). That being said, sometimes, like in 2012, the number of proof sets made were very limited, so the half dollar shot up in value pretty quickly and has retained a decent value. Personally, and b/c I like the idea of my collections not losing money over the years, anything silver should retain its value over decades. Had I spent the $ throughout the years trying to get all the clad proofs for my collection, rather than buying them from broken out sets nowadays, I would have a ton more money into my collection. Proof and UNC ASEs are beautiful and, after time, will retain value. But again, these are normally available for less on ebay after a year or so passes. |
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Posted 05/26/2017 02:29 am
