1995 Silver Eagle Vs. 1-St Spouse Gold

I would imagine it as an issue of supply vs demand. Demand for ASE's are high, demand for gold spouses in almost non-existant. :)

Steamwalker has it right on the nose. Plus it also helps that you could only get it if you ordered the coin set and it's the first ASE with the W mintmark.

I agree with Steamwalker...basic modern economics.

There were ~30,000 1995 W proof Silver Eagles minted but the problem with this is that most of them are not available as single coins so the demand continually exceeds supply. The Silver Eagle was a "bonus" in the 10th Anniversary Eagle set that included the four gold sizes. The sets were purchased for the gold, not the Silver Eagle. Because of this, a large portion of the supply is locked into sets that are not going to be broken up by their owners. Even though the available number of individuals may be 10-20,000 it is the single hardest-to-get coin to truly complete a set of Silver American Eagles. This phenomenon is also seen with the 2006 reverse proofs. Much higher mintage but many of them are locked in sets too, driving up the price of available singles.

The Gold Spouse series is an abomination that should never have been approved, but that is what happens when Congress is responsible for creating the nation's coinage programs. The public demand of these coins is about nil. Yes, the first few sold out but that had alot to do with major dealers buying up supplies. Some of those same dealers are now realizing that they cannot unload them on collectors at inflated prices so they are cutting their losses and melting them for scrap gold

1995 W- true modern rarity(not to be confused with classic rarity) and highly sought after
1st Spouse gold- nothing more than lipstick on a pig and is treated as such

I would beg to differ if the coin community looks at the first spouse coins
they have a few things going for them

1st time the mint did a 99.99 1/2 ounce coin
limited production each around 20,000
then look at silver eagle millions made each year the only difference is the date changes and production runs besides proof or uncirculated if you buy a regular proof without grading it what have you got 5 years later will you get your money back maybe, maybe not
remember I am not including rare odditites 07 reverse of 95 proof it would be like x-men 94 verses a newer one
If you collect for fun thats ok If you collect for value not so good
I think when the spouse coins get seriously looked at the value will be seen
I think the economy has hindered there reception people spend extra money
whose got the money to throw around
nobody I know

30,000 1995 ASE's Times 100,000 buyers ='s high price

If I am not mistaken my Grandfather said he paid $1100.00 (or $1400.00) for the set that he gave me with the 1995 Silver Eagle and the Gold coins in it together from the mint in 1995. The only way to get this one coin was in the set with the gold coins so that is why its so expensive, allot more people collect silver eagles than they do gold eagles and when they put this one silver eagle in the set with the gold eagles I am sure people said well that one coin won't matter only to find out later through the years it mattered allot and their collection is incomplete unless they have that one coin. Basically you could have bought the whole set and either sold the Silver Eagle and got the Gold Free or sold the Gold and got the Silver Eagle free