What happened to the 3 in. Bullion coins?????

if it wasn't for the mint how many coins would you have in your collection??????????

 

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And that my friend is why I love the mint so much

 

A lot more, as they'd be more affordable.

 

alright you got me there

 

LOL! I'll agree with you there, as I've made a lot speculating on new issues. But, being the bleeding heart I am, it does concern me that the consumer is getting screwed.

Rather than enjoying acquiring one of each for your collection, it's becoming more and more a speculation game. And, when sales aren't hurt by over pricing, the consumer loses when the price falls from the mint issue price, which is more prevalent.

 

I have to enjoy the mint because our only coin dealer in the entire county is a complete ripoff artist. He is buying silver from customers at around $10.00

 

Yeah, one of the reasons I enjoy collecting moderns from the mint. Fewer "experts" picking your coin apart, speculating this or that was done to it, trying to devalue it, as is done with the "classics". And fewer dealers trying to steal it from you, although I've had that happen, even with moderns. With sites like eBay, I never sell a coin to a dealer, as I know I'll get less and be insulted by their lies. Even though there are some honest dealers out there, this hobby is full of thieves.

 

Some of the crap coming out of the mint is going to plague the hobby for years. In 20-30 years or so people will look back and call these 5oz coins the mint's franklin mint period.

 

Complete BS! You yourself propose that buying less for yourself, but buying nonetheless given your over reactionary gripe, is a protest and that MORE people making smaller purchases will demonstrate disinterest and disagreement with the Mint??? That makes no sense. More individual sales is the intended focus of the Mint's marketing and outreach as is the idea that 'you need one of everything to be complete' in your collection. More buyers equals the same volume. If one guy buys one product instead of three, but instead three guys each buy one product, the Mint still sell all three units. :rollling:

 

You can say that you complaints are baseless, and unproven that the Mint is screwing collectors but instead you're own greedy notion that you need one of everything to be complete in your collecting obsession is what is screwing you, but you don't recognize this and instead try to create an issue about your own approach on a public forum discussing a specific product, not your woes, when you should apologize for derailing the topic.

 

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned how about 95% of the US mint commemorative and yearly proof and mint sets made since the mid 60's have gone down in value (lower than original mint issue price) on the secondary market. I'd say that says something by itself...

I have hated the idea of the hockey pucks since they proposed it.

 

what nutter reality do you think you're living in???

 

From whence would they come???

 

But how? You are yet to show proof of who is getting screwed? Sounds more like your 'speculation' is about profiting off other collectors with the Mint's products and that any rise in Mint products hurts your chance to flip the products from the Mint that you use to screw other collectors.

 

I am indifferent about them until we see these things. I wish they had a firmer grasp of what they could produce and sell before turning the marketing machine on and creating a buzz to see if there is interest, only to find out they are nearly unable to produce something and go into high gear spending money to force an idea to work as a new product/series.

 

You should try taking a critical thinking class - you're not making any sense. So, save your ill thought out attacks for someone that gives a c_ _ _.

 

I'm of the camp that killing a wildly popular series... the proof silver eagles.... and then somehow miraculously having the ability to produce 5 ounce hockey puck silver coins... that I guarantee are not going to be 1/10th as popular... because you got new schuler presses...is not good... sheesh... use the money you spent ramping up for the hockey pucks to improve your ability to produce blanks for a much more popular series. Just my opinion tho.

 

You brought the negative sentiment to the thread. I'm just calling you on your statements.

 

A great point. It makes a lot of sense.

 

What we need to do as coin collectors is not vote for the senators and congressman that are in the pokets of the U.S. silver lobbyist, so the mint can get all the silver it needs from around the world and make coins based on what collectors want.