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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3330349, member: 15588&quot;]I ordered an Apollo 11 uncirculated silver half dollar only because I wanted it, not because I care about whether it will ever be worth anything. After all, by simply buying it I&#039;ve already grossly overpaid for a fancy ounce of silver. I would <i>never</i> pay the price that they are asking for the gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>With only a few exceptions, modern commemeratives have tended to lose value, so I never approach such purchases as any sort of investment or value proposition. The mint will very likely make enough for everyone who wants one, so demand will likely remain low, especially given the sales figures posted so far. I had no problem whatsoever buying the uncirculated silver half sometime after the release date.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also not sure how much the general public cares about the moon landings at this point. Space is no longer cool in the mainstream, sadly. I hope they care, because it was an amazing thing to have done. But when I was listening to an interview on the CBC a few weeks back about the Chinese lunar lander, I was shocked when the interviewer, a supposedly educated journalist, asked &quot;how many countries have landed on the moon?&quot; The interviewee managed to suppress his shock. I think I violently spit out my drink Laurel and Hardy style. Also, the movie &quot;First Man,&quot; which I enjoyed, appears to have done poorly at the box office. Perhaps as the actual date approaches the hype will pick up, but so far the moon landing anniversary seems to have met with an indifferent thud.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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