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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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My card was charged the $64.50 this morning. The upsides: 1. I'll have my W Proof ASE shortly 2. It was on subscription so there was no charge for shipping 3. That subscription purchase counts as one of my 3 for the loyalty program. The downside... my card was charged $64.50. |
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Moderator
 United States
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Three out of four.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Quote: I'll have my W Proof ASE shortly We are talking about Fedex "slow" post correct? You get the stuff fast? Usually it's delivered to me by sloths that are on strike. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I expect it'll be in my mailbox in about a week. Usually takes a couple extra days as it bounces from Houston to Dallas and then finally to Austin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since spot Ag prices are up ~15% Jan 19 to Jan 20, I guess the ~15% price increase in the Ag coins is somewhat justified Silver only made up about 30% of the cost of the ASE's. If they're using that logic, then they're just increasing gross margin on the rest even though the cost of the remaining 70% has not gone up that much if any. If the cost of silver goes down by half, I'd be willing to be that they don't cut the prices of ASE's in half. There's one primary reason that they're raising prices and it has virtually nothing to do with cost. The mint is a monopoly, so they simply can. If it was a competitive market, these coins wouldn't cost near as much. Of course if multiple companies were making them, then they wouldn't be special. Still, it would be interesting if private companies could make legal tender coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1044 Posts |
Part of the Mints plan all along. Create new collectors by releasing the hottest item in over 20 years and then "Boom"- raise the price. New price coincides with that of the S-ERP so most wont even question it.
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United States
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Good thing I have never collected these bullion coins. No cost before, no cost now, and no cost in the future.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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maybe the other forthcoming ASE's costs will also be raised (the W uncirculated/burnished & S-mint proof). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:maybe the other forthcoming ASE's costs will also be raised (the W uncirculated/burnished & S-mint proof). Pretty sure that's a given. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm expecting them to get more expensive. The silver proof set will probably got up to at least $60.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good thing I have never collected these bullion coins. No cost before, no cost now, and no cost in the future. How very nice for you. However, proof ASEs aren't bullion. Go fish. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup...kinda lame to bad mouth what collectors prefer to collect Guess he didn't try to get the 2019 ERP "bullion" either  Edited by Foxwoods Man
01/14/2020 07:46 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well technically he/she is correct. All ASE are bullion (just as an example Red Book, the grading companies, etc consider ASE even AGE as bullion coins), but the proofs , even the older series sell (for example the 1986-1996 sell for more than a 2019/2020 ASE) for a premium over the bullion price. So they are also numinastic products. But I'm not happy with the price increase. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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...and they arrived today. Lovely coins, as always.
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United States
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...and they arrived today. Lovely coins, as always. Excellent!  |
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