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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1621138, member: 112"]The day they went on sale I finally gave up on the mint's web site after about 2 hrs. It was so overloaded nobody could access it. It then took me about 4 hrs to finally get through on the phone, then I laid in bed, on hold, with the phone next to my ear for another 3 hrs. Finally my turn came and somebody spoke, I ordered 3 sets. As I recall the price was $59 per set. I can't remember exactly how long it took but I'm thinking the sellout took 2 days. It was just a matter of days in any case. It was the first time a sellout had ever occurred, let alone that quickly. Of course there was talk all over every coin forum long before the sets ever went on sale. That talk undoubtedly had a huge impact on what happened once they did go on sale. That was the coin that started all the craziness with modern commems. prior to that it was hard to give the things away, well with a few exceptions. Prices shot up almost immediately. Sets eventually hit $400-$450, and it took quite a few years for the prices to drop off. What happened to that coin also a marked impact on previous commem issues, prices on many of them shot up as well.[/QUOTE]