As long as I been playing with coins I have never purchased from the mint. I will be buying the Apollo commemoratives when they become available on January 24th. At what point does the mint show what the different coins and sets will cost?
I was hoping to get a handle on how much so I could determine how deep I was going to dive into this set.
I've forgotten but I think they release prices about 30 days before release as they contain Silver, Gold, etc. so it's based on market values. But other articles do list the Premiums they'll be charging They have listed the "surcharges" though listed at the bottom of this article https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2018/10/us-mint-unveils-2019-apollo-11-coin-designs.all.html " Surcharges The purchase price of each commemorative coin will include a surcharge — $35 for each gold coin, $10 for each 1.5-inch silver dollar, $5 for each half dollar, and $50 for each 5-ounce silver dollar. The net surcharges, after the U.S. Mint has recouped all of its production and associated costs, are to be divided between three recipients. Fifty percent of the net surcharges are to be paid to the National Air & Space Museum to finance construction and maintenance of its “Destination Moon” exhibit and construction of a traveling version of the exhibit, and 25 percent each will go to the Astronauts Memorial Foundation and Astronauts Scholarship Foundation."
The Mint publishes a schedule on their site (the link takes you to 2018, use the pull-down to see 2019). If you create an account, you can get e-mail notifications as well, should you desire.
Price Pending, I'm hoping to pick up most or all of these. Will the mintage and household limit come out around the same time as the price?
I keep going back to see if they are unveiling the costs for this series. Nothing updated yet. It occurs to me.... Is this current budget hold up affecting the US mint?
Great question, Randy. After some googling, I learned the following: The Department of the Treasury is affected. The U.S. Mint is not. From an article in Coin World: “The United States Mint is funded by its own Public Enterprise Fund, not by annual appropriations,” U.S. Mint spokesman Michael White said Dec. 21. “As a result, the Mint will be open for business and operate normally throughout any lapse in funding.” (You may have to disable your ad blocker to get the coin world site to load)
