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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 294571, member: 112"]Would you be surprised to learn that coins with total mintage numbers under 100 or even 50 most often sell for bullion value ? Well they do. And they do for the same reasons I explained in my previous post.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the reason that 30K is large number for the APE is that because in the last 4 years the highest mintage for the 1 oz coin is 8,000. So yes, compared to that 30,000 is a large number. Mintage numbers for all of thewn can be found - <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=MintageTotals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=MintageTotals" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you must realize that to the vast majority of collectors the APE, AGE and ASE are nothing but hunks of bullion. They don't even consider them to be coins. So nobody, or very few want them to begin with. And if nobody wants them - prices are not going to rise except based on bullion content.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 294571, member: 112"]Would you be surprised to learn that coins with total mintage numbers under 100 or even 50 most often sell for bullion value ? Well they do. And they do for the same reasons I explained in my previous post. And the reason that 30K is large number for the APE is that because in the last 4 years the highest mintage for the 1 oz coin is 8,000. So yes, compared to that 30,000 is a large number. Mintage numbers for all of thewn can be found - [URL="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=MintageTotals"]HERE[/URL] Also, you must realize that to the vast majority of collectors the APE, AGE and ASE are nothing but hunks of bullion. They don't even consider them to be coins. So nobody, or very few want them to begin with. And if nobody wants them - prices are not going to rise except based on bullion content.[/QUOTE]
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