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I haven't seen anything on this yet but just looking through the mint schedule for 2018, there is a San Francisco minted proof ASE that will be available in the summer. It looks like this year will have as many if not more offerings than the mints celebrated anniversary year. There is also a San Francisco minted "Silver Reverse Proof Set", that seems to contain what's in the silver proof set but obviously reversed proof. The World War 1 Centennials will consist of seven coins. There will also be a reappearance of the latest Lady Liberty in a 1/10th ounce coin. Another Palladium coin is in the lineup as well. So there will be at least a few extra products that I will be vying for in the coming year. What do you think? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting.... I will be in for the RP proof set and maybe the S ASE depending on mintage. Also the Limited Edition PF set looks like it might have the S Proof also Congrats is back to a W |
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There is also a San Francisco minted "Silver Reverse Proof Set", that seems to contain what's in the silver proof set but obviously reversed proof. This I want.  Quote:
The World War 1 Centennials will consist of seven coins. More like twelve. Each medal is bundled with a dollar. Yes, they are duplicates that should not be counted, but still they are an unavoidable purchase at this time. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I will definitely be getting the S ASE and SF RP Silver Set. Jury is out on the WWI medals. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I must have all ASE or my blood pressure drops to a dangerous level. |
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Me too. I have a complete collection until January 1st.
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It's ridiculous that the mint is forcing people to buy the same coin over and over for every medal that they buy. It will get to the point where people will actually be sick of seeing this coin. I will probably just get one in this case and that would be the Navy as I was a SeaBee in my younger days. The S mint ASE and the Silver Reverse Proof set will definitely be purchases for me this year. Does anyone know if it is the Proof or Unc dollar that is paired with the medals? I don't see it in writing anywhere, my guess would be Proof but who knows? |
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It's ridiculous that the mint is forcing people to buy the same coin over and over for every medal that they buy. It will get to the point where people will actually be sick of seeing this coin. I agree.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's ridiculous that the mint is forcing people to buy the same coin over and over for every medal that they buy. It will get to the point where people will actually be sick of seeing this coin. The RCM has gone down this road for quite some time now, and I fear our own mint will follow. Marketing practices seem to be shifting to mimic what the RCM market appears to be about: Maximize profit NOW no matter what.  The result is killing off the consumer base of collectors that made them large, so they employ gimmicky things like a gluing a 3D bear to the surface of a "coin" so they broaden their customer base to those who never would have given an actual coin a second glance. Hopefully in a few years we won't see the US mint offering the equivalent, but of an eagle. Continuing the State Quarter program once it was done seemed, to me, to be a gimmicky step. A quarter program is how the RCM started their journey down this road.  |
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Quote:The RCM has gone down this road for quite some time now, and I fear our own mint will follow. Marketing practices seem to be shifting to mimic what the RCM market appears to be about: Maximize profit NOW no matter what.  101% Earle42, I've been saying this in post after post @ new issue US Mint trash since prior 2009! Having multiple dollar series that nobody wants to collect, will really have no value in twenty years, even worse than the going rates for 21st century proof and mint sets...can't even pull the initial costs! The designs are uninspired for the most part, contracts seem to be awarded as participation prizes for 3rd grade art entries. Quality is paltry at best, so yes, finding a worthy to slab coin in higher grades is a rarity indeed. The milk spots poor rinses, the MD galore, its a sorry state of affairs. But I may be interested in a glow-in-the-dark Bush and Obama coin, just to give out and scare the masses!  |
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Does anyone know if it is the Proof or Unc dollar that is paired with the medals? The product pages for each coin/medal pair indicate Quote:
This set includes a proof silver dollar and a proof silver ... medal. |
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I will assume, even though the thread is about the S ASE, the "set" comment is about the Military medals and to get all 5 medals it will cost you $500 and you will then have 5 unique medals and 5 duplicate pf comms. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is there any indication that the S Proof ASE will be available along with the W Proof ASE in some sort of set? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would assume the S ASE will be in the LE PF Set but I don't see anything about a multi-Mint ASE set....yet |
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Quote:I will assume, even though the thread is about the S ASE... Well, the title is "Another S Proof ASE for 2018 and a whole lot more."  |
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