Truman-Eisenhower Coin & Chronicles Sets

Has the "$250 per set" boat sailed on these sets?

 

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Truman seems to be going in the $200+ range while ike has dropped to the $120 range. I'm guessing they may bounce back up when Reagan is released.

 

With only 17k of either of these, I'm holding them and buying the Ike's. There are 5 times as many Ike's for sale on eBay, so looks like more flippers bought those and the price will be the same or more than Truman at some point, when the flipper supply dries up. I say more because I like the Ike medal reverse more than any of the others.

I'm holding and buying because the price has been increasing on Truman (most recent on eBay $275) and holding on Ike at around $120. Depending on Presidential Dollar demand, these could go a lot higher.

Edit: Actually, the final mintages were:
Truman 16,812
Ike 16,759

 

I just got a FDR C&C set for 55.99 which is below US mint issue price.
What was the final mintage on these sets ?

 

Wrong set, FDR does not have the super low mintage Reverse Proof Dollars.

 

I was buying it for the Medals, not for the $1 coin.

 

Well, the coin is what's driving the price of these sets. The mintage is not all that low for a medal.

 

I got 3 PF-70 Truman's out of the 5 sets I got from the mint originally.

 

WOW, nice! Those are worth some bucks.

 

Ugh... YOU SUCK!!!

 

True but is also has the FDR medal which is made from a Silver Eagle Blank. I bought two of those simply because the medal was awesome!

 

I am working on a NGC C&C Medals set. TR medals are in grading at NGC now.

 

Huh? Ya lost me.

Are the .999 fine Silver medals available somewhere else?
Are the Reverse Proofs?

Are the medals really all that different from the reverse proofs? By that, I mean, neither coin is intended for circulation and both were made specifically as collectibles for this specific set. If anything at all, the medal has more intrinsic value than the Reverse Proof which, IMLO, is a god awful ugly finish for a golden dollar. They should have chosen the Enhanced Uncirculated finish but, whatever.

As far as I know, neither coin or medals (in .999 silver) are available outside the respective sets which means that if 16,812 Truman Reverse Proofs were made then only 16,812 .999 fine Silver Medals were made. From a numbers standpoint, both would be equal even though, yes, I agree, the RP is whats driving the price! As unfair as that seems.

From an aesthetic standpoint, the silver medal beats the jujubies out of the Reverse Proof. (My Opinion)

As for the original question, I was wondering since I'm not really looking to have yet another US Mint product the "used" to be worth $250 (like the 1999 Silver Proof Sets) so I was wondering where these fell in the current price spectrum.
You see, the collector in me is a real dummy from a financial aspect. He's sitting here, as I type, wondering if he should get a Teddy Roosevelt C&C Set since there are a couple more coming out that he'll PROBABLY extend himself for!

UGH! The internal battles....................

 

What a GREAT Idea!

 

C'mon, you know the difference. There are simply far fewer medal collectors than coin collectors. Thus, 17k for a medal is far less significant than 17k for a coin.

 

Looks like 19,050 (as of Jan 13, 2016)...and marked as "sold out"

http://news.coinupdate.com/u-s-mint-sales-report-2016-birth-and-happy-birthday-sets-debut/

 

Here are all the recent sets from that same coin update article above:

Franklin D. Roosevelt Coin & Chronicles Set (2014) |19,050| SOLD OUT

Harry Truman Coin & Chronicles Set (2015) |16,812| SOLD OUT

Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin & Chronicles Set (2015) |16,744| SOLD OUT

John F. Kennedy Coin & Chronicles Set (2015) |49,051| SOLD OUT

Lyndon B. Johnson Coin & Chronicles (2015) |23,905| SOLD OUT

 

My opinion would be that these sets won't hold up (I am not saying they will go below issue price, but a scenario similar to the 1999 sets, like you mention, could happen). I'd say if you aren't absolutely in love with these sets, it would be a good time to sell now (or around the time Reagan is released...although at that point there may be plenty of others trying to sell the whole series). This is especially the case with Truman since the cheapest one on eBay now is a 285 buy-it-now, meaning you could likely sell one at 250 as a buy-it-now.

 

I highly disagree. These will keep rising with time imo... 17k is way too low. They now set the bar. Only 16,744 albums can ever be completed now.

 

What was the final tally on the 'Teddy'? That silver metal is a real beauty........