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Message:: [QUOTE="Speedie, post: 1307349, member: 28064"]Theoretically yes, but it depends what the demand is like for 70 graded sets. Lots of registry collectors out there who would rather pay up for 70s than suffer the indignity of having 69s for < half the money. If (emphasis on if) prices level out at $2,000+/- for NGC 70s and $2,300+/- for PCGS 70s, with somewhere around $1,000+/- for 69s, then what this might do is push the price up for sealed boxes of 5. Statistically you would be likely to get at least 2 and probably 3 sets of 70s out of such a box which means that you're at $7,600 for a box with 2 sets of 70s (2 x $2,300 + 3 x $1,000) and $8,900 for a box with 3 sets of 70s (3 x $2,300 + 2 x $1,000). Call it $800 for grading fees, and a box of 5 at the current $4,000-$4,200 represents quite an arbitrage opportunity. Like you, however, mine are staying in OGP along with the rest of my ASE set. I weep a little inside when I see all of the split up sets where the RP and "S" burnished have been sold separately. One further point of interest: the Mint have now confirmed 3 times that the bullion coins were all produced at SF and that the COA was in error. Makes me wonder if the TPGs will have a change of heart and start designating these as 2011 (S) which would be yet another new label (25th Anniversary Set (S)) for the label collectors to hanker after.[/QUOTE]