US Mint updated silver pricing today

Yeah most of my 20th Century albums are complete with the exception of key dates like the 1916-D Dime, 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent, 1881-C Morgan etc and while I have some 19th century coins those can get pricey too so that's why I got into cheap foreign coins and paper money.

 

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Proof ASE price…wow. Presidential silver medal…no words. I literally was finished with the next one in February.

 

It helps to buy the key dates first when building a set. They will be the first coins to rise in price.

 

Still going to respectfully disagree on this point. When you're just starting a set, your knowledge of that series is at its minimum. To my mind, it's much better to shop for the keys once you have a better idea of what you're looking for.

(Not to mention that for series like Mercs or Morgans, the commons have appreciated a lot faster than the keys lately, just because of the rising price of silver. But that could just as easily have gone in the opposite direction.)

 

I hear what you’re saying. But I do respectfully disagree with you. However, we both have good reasons for building a set a different way.
I have several sets that I’m currently building and the only coin I need is a key date or a semi key date. In other words expensive. A lot of my other sets were built the way I described and ensure save me a lot of money.

 

Now I'm glad I got the 1 oz. silver Superman medal for just $135, and the reverse proof Morgan/Peace dollar set for just $215.

I still want the 2026 silver proof set for all the semiquincentennial stuff inside, but... definitely not going to be buying any other Mint silver products for quite some time.

On the plus side it will make coin roll hunting for silver dimes feel more rewarding!

 

I don't know if you have a type set or not, but these 250th Ann. coins will all need to be a part of a type set, and also, a new page for them.

 

Yeah, I'm done. I received a 'warning' email from the Mint about price adjustments. I figured the prices were already too high. Of all the world mints that produced 'collectible' coins and coin sets, The US Mint was pretty much the most expensive. Only the mints that produced 'boutique silver' coins were more expensive. I didn't realize it but, I had 12 subscriptions to cancel. What really pushed me over the edge were the non-precious metal products. The mint set jumped from $33.25 to $124.50. There's going to be a flood of canceled subscriptions from customers that not only can't afford the new prices but also those buyers that won't have 'permission' from the other half. Of course, none of this will make any difference to the Mint. It's the government, they don't have to make a profit or explain anything to investors. However, it's not like the Mint is going to take much of a hit if at all. They've been waiting for the orders to come in before striking most of the collectible coins. If anything 2026 is going to be a big profit year for the Mint, with all the special products they're offering for the 250th anniversary. There's way too many people with FOMO.

 

I gave up on the mint long ago. Most anything I've ever wanted in the last several years has become available on the open market often for much less than the issue price.