I have ordered the Gold/Silver Anniversary set for $850. I do not think it is worth the price since the mint is selling the same gold one oz piece for $720 and the silver for $19.95. Is there some reason that I am missing? Should I cancel my order?
I would read the mints descripition of the product. My understanding is that both of these coins for the first time have a W mint mark which makes them different from the other coins and there is a 20,000 coin limit.
I agree with canceling the 2-piece gold/silver uncirculated set as it is cheaper to buy them individually. However, canceling the 3-piece silver set may not be a good idea as it contains a "reverse proof" with a mintage limit of 250.000 with a P mint mark! This is the ONLY aniversary piece with a P mint mark, the remaining pieces have a W mark. What is the general opinion of the 3-piece silver aniversary set?
No, NO... Go ahead. Keep on canceling your orders! The two piece gold and silver set doesn't seem to make much sense in relation to just ordering the coins individually. Of course, some people put a lot of weight in things being in their original mint packaging, some don't. As far as the general opinion of the three piece silver set goes, I've got no clue. But my opinion is that it will be neat to have the Reverse Proof in particular along with the others.
I'm "new-mismatic." I had the same exact question, and being naive as to who I should ask, I called the mint myself. As you all probably could have predicted, the woman who answered explained that no one knows (aka no one at the mint will tell me) if the uncirculated coins released on Sept 28 will be identical to those in the anniversary set. Not satisfied, and sensing that she wasn't getting irritated yet, I pressed on: "I understand that you can't tell me for certain, but what are the chances that the uncirculated coins coming out on the 28th will be made at West Point? Is it even possible that the US mint would make them there? What do they traditionally do?" She replied that the gold unc coins could very well be made at West Point, and that there are two places where gold coins are typically made, St. Francisco and West Point. And this year, San Francisco is busy minting the Old San Francisco mint coins... I'm no Magnum PI, but it seems to me that this means the unc coins will probably be identical in every way but the box to the anniversary set coins. I cancelled my order for the mixed set, which probably means I'm completely wrong and will be doing this :headbang: instead of retiring early.
Howdy franklin_food - Welcome to the Forum !! All of the American Eagle coins - gold, silver & platinum - in both Proof and Unc are struck at the West Point mint. But not all of them have mint marks on them.
franklin_food, did you actually call the mint itself, or did you call the number you use for placing orders? If you call the number for placing orders the person you talked to is a flunky working for a company that just hires out to any mass marketer that needs a bank or order takers. The person does not work for the mint and has NO information about what is going on other than just some very general information they are told about the products they are taking orders for. Any information you get from them should be taken with a GIANT grain of salt.
