The mint has finally killed the cover sets of the dead presidents. As you can no longer buy these duds, I thought it was a great time to finalize...
You could get the 2017-S Proof ASE in two ways. The first one was issued with the congratulation's set. It had a 75,000 mintage limit and sold...
I can respect that; I like the ASE design and have others who hate it.
It is actually cheaper this year with a subscription. It use to cost $2 more including shipping, which is free this year. I'm happy.
I'm going with the V-nickel.
I got this too. Finally some benefit for having subscriptions. I have several.
I was notified by the mint yesterday that all my subscriptions will have free shipping. The mint is starting out the year on my good list!
I got a notification from the mint a couple of weeks ago that my 2018-W ASE proof was shipping this week.
I give a lot of my friends and family advice on this topic. It all depends on your time horizon. If you'll need the money in 1-3 years, put the...
Here is my annual update on silver prices vs the stock market vs inflation over the past 37 years. Inflation continued to be relatively modest at...
And I just got a graded 1981-S Type 2 for Christmas. It is great to see the pictures to remember the differences between the types.
Personally, I love the design of the ASE's better than most other designs from the US mint. Thus, it has a collector's value to me.
You did well at $40 for both.
Here is my take. The price of silver hit its zenith in 2012 and has slowly returned to a more normal level. It takes folks awhile to forget...
It is interesting that they have a value above bullion value. Thus, they must have some collector value too. I'm thinking that the ones above...
As we approach the end of 2017, here is the latest update to the collector ASE's. Year Comment Mintage Current Original 1986-S Proof 1,446,778...
As expected, the slight increase in silver prices this year have had a slight positive effect on the ASE bullion values. Year Mintage Current...
As the year comes to an end, I thought it a good time to update the mintage and market value of the silver proof sets (1992 to present). The 2012...
[IMG]As a note, I get my issue prices of the proof sets from the 2006 Standard Catalog of World Coins (Krause 33rd Edition). Personally, I bought...
My wife and daughters have helped plug holes in my numerous dollar coin books. [ATTACH]
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