Any News On 25th Anniversary ASE Set?

I started to say you could buy the 3 coins already labeled as 25th anniversary set coins and then resend those in to be reslabbed with the other two and have all consecutive numbers but remembered when you resubmit coins in the slab that way they do not5 change the certificate number on the slab, those coins will just show up under both numbers when looked up. The original cert number and the number that was on the submission form

the sad part is, yes people do actually buy from those shows way to much. That is why they are on every cable channel available late at night selling everything from coins to swords and knives. I hope no one from this coin forum or any other one for that matter would buy from them but there are allot of people have purchased coins from such shows not knowing you could get the same coins from the mint. Those types of shows usually prey on the elderly that do not know how to use a computer or sit at home all day every day because they are disabled and do not have access to a computer. If no none ordered from them, they would disappear as soon as they sprouted up but the sad truth is they make a killing selling their products and will not be going anywhere fast

Let me ask this!
Are you allowed to open your package of coins at PCGS or NGC. Say if you live near bye! I'm sure some are willing to travel. I wonder if they would allow you to open your box in the building. This way you can review your order then submit.

HOLLYROLLER - My comment is based on "big customers" who pay the TPG big bucks for fast turn around times and large volume like HSN and QVC. I have always listened to my gut. And when you see one source getting "more than their fair share" of 70 grade sets it tells me some other mechanism is at play. The ratio of PF69 and PF70 sets coming out of the batch of big retailers doesn't seem to be in line with what I am hearing and reading from people on the forum. I would think that if something such as replacing coins that are available outside this set so that their big customers got more ( and more profitable) PF70 sets, they would do it.
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Why wouldn't they just grade the 69s as 70s instead of switching coins? I think that would be easier and more likely.

The three "common" coins in the set do not have minatges less that 100K. Overall mintage numbers of the 2011-W Proof, 2011-W uncirculated and 2011 bullion coin include the coins that went into the sets.

Quote: "The three "common" ASE's will have mintages of LESS than 100k. Not all of them will be graded by TPG's....so...does this make them to the TRUE sleepers in the set?


The three "common" coins in the set do not have minatges less that 100K. Overall mintage numbers of the 2011-W Proof, 2011-W uncirculated and 2011 bullion coin include the coins that went into the sets."

By the Mint's count, you are correct.

At the numismatic level, no. From what I am seeing on the graded NGC sets that are on ebay, the wording on the label states 25th anniversary set.

So, my thought is, it is entirely possible, for the common ASE's to command a premium over the two special ASE's only minted for the set. Reason - the three common ASE's will not all be graded AND labeled as 25th Anniversary Set. So, the count of the graded common coins is going to be less than 100k.

I do not collect ASE's and definitely do NOT collect plastic....just wondering out loud.

I have in my collecting days, since 1963 sent in 3 coins for grading, I know people feel that the ladder of the " toughest " for grading goes something like this, as stated earlier, PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, ETC.

I use to think about the same, Until I sent in my coins, I chose to use the company that did not have a membership fee, ANACS, Which I also learned were changing their standards.

I heard back then, ( a few years ago,) They were "cracking down" on their grading outcomes, I to this day being around Numismatist's on a daily basis, attending coin shows and doing research as much as I can, have come to know and change my opinion as to who is the most consistent, true, overall graders, no, NOT Pcgs, Which I believe is more hype and more "big business " for most, other than the everyday collector. Not NGC, YES, ANACS, they have what I would describe as a turn around in their skills and it shows in the grades given out, not undergrading, which I do NOT see as an acceptable practice, but in the practice of being a tougher company to receive a grade of 70, which is suppose to be a perfect coin, and I know I can tell the difference between a MS69 and a PERFECT coin(70).
I believe that Pcgs has a reputation of being the big boy on the block and do NOT believe or feed into their hype of them living up to being all that.
NGC is in my opinion another good grading company, but again, I do not think the collector is their prime concern, they are also a strong, consistent grading company, but another that has taken the "slabbed" coin, to another level of being a legend in their own time, as does Pcgs.

I believe people who do their homework and research these TPG'S would also find the same results and agree that the overall opinion among collectors is a clear path as to whom deserves the title of being the best, consistent, overall, Strong reflection of the use of the Sheldon Scale.....Knowledge is a very powerful tool....

All things considered, the human factor has to enter the equation, not the president of the company, the grader, who is just like you and I, a person who by using their "opinion and experience" does the best they can to give the coins passing his/her desk, the closest grade to the actual facts.

I also do NOT think it is proper practice to grade coins, which knowingly are not, a higher grade then they actually are.This practice has bitten some TPG'S in the past, LOL....