I would like one eventually, but I will wait a few years and see if I can pick up a set cheaper. I'd rather buy an ancient coin for my biblical collection at that price.
I pulled the trigger on one because our first grandchild was born in January of this year. Hard to say what these will do in the aftermarket but I don’t really give a hoot as it will eventually go to her anyway - along with the rest of the collection hopefully!
I bought one. I sincerely hope they stop making cents (I mean, it makes sense... See what I did there?) Because I have this pokémon-like need to have a complete set... At least since 1909
I still have my subscription, at least through this year, because I like the semiquincentennial coins and I've been collecting the silver sets since the mint started the series back in the early 1990's. Not sure if this is my last year, though. Next year may be a low seller, as they go back to the old designs with a $245 price tag.
I have one in the order bin from my subscription. It might be a good set, but the mint upped the mintage to just over 250,000 from 100,000. At $245 a set, that mintage might be on the steep side. I have a date run of Proof sets from 1936, so I have incentive to keep the set going. The year they had three fewer silver quarters in the set, but still charged the same price was hard to take. If the mint were a private seller with a monopoly on selling U.S. coins, there would be an antitrust investigation.
I would like to see the cent continue in Proof and Mint sets. Once more there is a date collection to consider. I have one a year from 1793 to date plust the 1787 Fugio Cent. The only missing year is 1815 because the British embargo during the War of 1812. HOWEVER, it the mint continues to soak collectors with high prices because of the cent, I guess it should go bye-bye.
Am I seeing things or did the raise the mintage limit today. Is says 271,250 now. Still says sold out but how can they change that number mid-stream?
I had a subscription for 10, but when they added another 100,000 sets I backed it down to 3, one for each grandchild. They arrived today and they are awesome looking coins!!! The Mint ran the sale for a while with them on backorder, eta November, so I'm sure a lot of folks backed out... So that means, including the Clad Proof Set's projected numbers of 420,002, there will be... 691,522 S Proof Lincoln Cents, Nickles, and Native American $1 The Silver Dime, Half, and Quarters should hold their own at 271,520... that's a low one-year design number. If they don't up the number of Uncirculated Sets from 300,000 the 1 cent P&D will bring a premium. I heard they're really trying to strike these coins nice. Wouldn't it be great to see some MS-70's??? I mean if they're only making them to be collected, I would think they'd strive for that mark... just saying!!!
I could be wrong, but I assume the Mint will see NIFC cents as a revenue source for some time to come. Too many completists, sentimentalists, and the just-plain-curious to ignore. Plus, they're already set up to make them, and now they can charge a premium by including them in the annual sets.
