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.
I wasn't going to get one, but when I was updating my credit card for subscriptions, I saw that they would let me reactivate my subscription for a silver proof set, so I figured why not. If I was only ever going to get this for one year, it would be this year; the dime and half dollar alone would make it worth it. Glad I did: it looks nice. Yes it costs way more than it should, but it would cost me near double to get it in the secondary market I'm sure! The quarters look kind of strange, but in a good way, if that makes sense? Granted only one side of each is an original design, but they're still good ones. I don't mind them reusing the Mayflower as it looks great on a quarter. Well the dime just goes back. (The nickel didn't change except for the date. Not sure if next year's set will have a penny in it...) The half dollar will have a new portrait of Kennedy, and for 4 years have reverses emblematic of disabled/paralympic sports (next year will be wheelchair basketball). The quarters will have a new portrait of Washington, and for 4 years have 5 designs each emblematic of youth sports (next year will be baseball, softball, snowboarding, soccer, and golf). I reserve judgment until I actually see the things but it could be interesting. I haven't decided whether or not I'll keep my silver proof set subscription going, but maybe at least one more year. This is just really funny to me, because it feels like they were arguing to get rid of the cent because we didn't need it anymore, now they're doing everything possible to make us want to buy things with the last of the cents in them lol. The legislation that passed getting rid of the cent as a circulating coin still says they can make them for "numismatic purposes" as long as they feel it's justified. I don't think they're raising prices just because the cent is in things (because they're raising prices on EVERYTHING, not just sets with cents in them) but I'm sure some speculators are thinking that makes sets more valuable. 2026 may be the true last year of the cent... I guess we'll see if next year's proof and uncirculated sets will still have cents in them (they haven't officially said yes or no to that yet). Yes. 1776-2026 date, the first year they've been made since they stopped making them for circulation, and maybe the last year cents will ever be made (unless they choose to make them again next year in proof/uncirculated sets).
I would remind those who think that cent should disappear because the coin no longer has a use in the economy that the mint has issued not for circulation half dollars for over 60 years. The half dollar became obsolete as an active part of the economy in 1964 when the Kennedy design was introduced. I understand that the Los Vegas casinos used them for a while, but that’s been about it.
We'd have to define what "active part of the economy" means I guess, because I was pulling Kennedy halves out of circulation from the ice cream parlor into the mid 1970s. They did circulate.
