Being pretty new to this, I came in late and only picked up 1 ATB 5oz coin from last year. I'm considering going forward with all of the offerings from here forward, but I'd like to have some sort of idea or plan of perhaps picking up the past issues. If you were going to go back and try to get the past 15, how would you go about it? Would you start with 2012 since the mintage was low, or maybe let the hype die down a little on the 2012's and start with the 2010's? Or maybe just buy all 15 from APMEX for $3200?
I would only go for the collector's version and not the bullion version. I have all 15 and will buy the next one next week.
The collector version has a P mint mark, a matte finish, and lower mintages than the bullion version. There’s not much hype on these, just very low mintages, and prices that may go to the moon if/when demand materializes. The Hawaii is the only one that has really taken off, so if you want them all, I’d get them now. I’d also want to see them in hand and know how to grade them to avoid buying problem coins and/or buy graded ones. Good luck, there aren’t many of them out there.
