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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benveniste, post: 1093808, member: 25547&quot;]I received a set from the original APMEX batch on Christmas Eve and posted my initial impressions at that time:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=145750&amp;p=1063414&amp;viewfull=1#post1063414" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=145750&amp;p=1063414&amp;viewfull=1#post1063414">http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=145750&amp;p=1063414&amp;viewfull=1#post1063414</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I later sold the set at slightly less than the peak of the bubble price. I didn&#039;t think the coins were worth my asking price, and I even said so in my auction listing. They still sold in under 10 minutes. I examined an A-Mark set today, and my opinion is unchanged. In my opinion, the extra detail is quite welcome in the Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon coins, less so for Hot Springs and Mt. Hood. On the other hand, the Washington portrait lacks that extra detail and as a result does not transfer well to supersizing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One way or the other, I&#039;ll probably end up with a set of the 2010 coins, but I&#039;m not sure if I&#039;m going to try for the &quot;collector&#039;s&quot; version or not. But if I buy any of the 2011 or later issues, it&#039;ll be because I like a specific design enough to pay a small premium over other silver bullion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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