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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecenter, post: 2165163, member: 8703&quot;]Interesting assessments.&nbsp; Thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am so happy I purchased my one set for $61.95.&nbsp; This keeps my all silver and clad commemorative collection complete with all proofs and uncirculateds from 1982 onwards.&nbsp; I have a smattering of the early golds, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern commemoratives &#039;go bananas&#039; if there is any hint of &#039;low&#039; mintage.&nbsp; Back in 1986 when the Statue of Liberty gold half eagle was available in a three-coin proof set, the whole 499,000+ mintage was sold out before the pre-issue discount period ended.&nbsp; Lots of screaming in the collector community, how dare theys, (&#039;they&#039; being the US Mint) etc.&nbsp; The only way to buy was by mail.&nbsp; The certified coin grading phenomenon was only through a photo certificate from the original ANACS, owned by the American Numismatic Association.&nbsp; Slabs did not exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1992 it was the same hooting and hollering with the White House bicentennial dollar, with the same maximum mintage of 500,000 coins.&nbsp; These beautiful coins are cheap today and have been for several years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interest almost always cools way down after an initial sellout.&nbsp; There are some exceptions, the Buffalo silver dollar in 2001 being a prominent example, but eventually the floor shall open and the bottom will drop out even for the special dimes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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