I have been watching the prices of the 1995-w silver eagle continue to climb over the years (now at or obove $5,000) and now I may be in a position to purchase, not only to complete my set, but honestly, also as an investment. I think that I would be reasonably safe in assuming that the value of this coin will not go down, even if it does not continue to rise. I need the advise from those of you with some more experience in numismatics then I. Any reasons not to go ahead with a purchase now.?
First, welcome to Coin Talk! Here's what I think about situations like this. The reason that coin is so high is because people like yourself want it for their sets. In my opinion, even though it had a mintage of just a little over 30,000, which is much lower than the other issues, that is still not a "low mintage" for a lot of coins in general. You can look back at other series and see mintages well below 30,000 that aren't near as expensive (there are many examples of this in the U.S. gold series). Now apparently not near as many people collect some of those series though. Given all that, what seems to keep the price afloat for this coin is the large number of collectors that have sets of ASEs going. I don't think that's going to stop or slow down anytime soon. But, you never know. Anything could happen. So go ahead with the purchase and enjoy! Heck, if you don't buy now, you may be kicking yourself when it's $10,000!
