For those of you that missed out the first time around I just received this email from the USMint: We want you to know that limited quantities of this product will be available tomorrow (5/28/15), between 7:00 and 7:30 am (ET).
I'm gonna go out on a long and sturdy branch and say that these are the returned coins due to their flaws.
I just started a similar thread in the US Coins Forum. I have a backorder for August, too. Well I just got off the phone with Mint customer service and they said those "available" tomorrow will also be backorders. So it is really more backorder slots being made available. Rob
Lucky , I'm only getting one set for my 3 month old Grandson . I think they didn't mint the whole limit to make sure they sold out , so you should be good , but I'm not a big buyer from the mint so this is my opinion only .
I'll bet that these are the result of folks canceling their back-orders. It's likely that some people have not yet gotten the "Coin of the Century" memo.
Neither am I. This is the first time that I have ordered anything from the mint. How much is the "last strucks" worth? 2 X more than the first strucks?
The first strike designation by TPG's is nothing more than exploitation. It may be a good business move on their part, but I hope most collectors see it for what it is.
Does anyone know for sure they recycle returned coins? Once I called the mint and asked and didn't get a definitive answer.
Wow, they BRIEFLY became available, I added 10 to my cart, tried checking out, and they were already sold out again
Man - I didn't even see them become available... i had ordered one earlier and thought about getting a second, but decided not to. Regretting that descision now
yup, they became available at about 7:20 for back order until the end of August. I had my cc info saved and ready but still was sold out by the time I clicked enter.