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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;in5urgent, post: 1866768, member: 56083&quot;]I guess you are paying a little more for packaging essentially, and if you are trying to get PM or one of those proof coins in particular the LE set probably isn’t for you. But when I think about it I realize that I’m often paying for packaging anyway and I don’t really have a problem with that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I buy normal ASEs I’m paying a premium over the value of the metal because it’s packaged in a U.S. government made coin instead of a random bar, round, or whatever.&nbsp; When I buy a proof I’m paying an even larger premium because of how it is made and its resulting appearance.&nbsp; When I’m buying a set from the mint the fact that it is all in one pretty mint stamped package is part of what I’m paying for, and the coins assembled from other sets without the packaging just isn’t the same.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think a lot of people think the same way.&nbsp; I’m seeing the 2012 sets for sale on-line now for $200 - $300 and I can’t find one locally at all, so at least right now the cost for it last year was worth it. Time will tell I guess, but it seems pretty common that things are worth more in their packaging than without: think action figures and the like.&nbsp; All of that said, if anyone thinks they can talk the mint into dropping the price a few bucks I&#039;ll gladly sign the petition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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