have been thinking of getting a certified 70 AGE. spoke with one whom i have bought a few coins before(ngc) He has come off his orginal price by 1k and have noticed a few others seem to be willing to make a deal. My question is have the dealers price this coin set out of the market at current prices . Any comments would be appreciated
Yes (to your question), I love the AGE, but MS70 graded coins and the First Strike designation have made things go wacky. Get yourself a nice NGC MS69 coin without the First Strike designation and you will be much better off. You'll get a much fairer price and the coin will be just as nice. edit: By the way, your original post shocked me. "...came off his original price by 1k..." How in the heck much was the guy asking for these coins?!
Dont get tricked by the first strike coins, they are just a way to sell coins for a higher price. I agree with tcore, get yourself a nice MS-69. -Rob
far as i know there are no first stirkes in this series. Yes i know about some of this hype that seems to be trying to take over and it is so sad. i can see why many collectors could care less about having them slabbed. but i did see it go from 8k to 7k . Now this is for the anniversary gold not to be confused with the silver. This is as low as i have seen them in the NGC label 70 grade. the 69's were 5k. Seems to me that a lot of dealers that had only a few sets, still have them, Is the intial feeding frenzy may have settled down. First stikes i hope are a thing of the past, but there will always be a certain percentange of people who will pay extra for this. But in a some cases if you order early you will get the first strikes if you go to the secondary market for the 70s . This is just my opion or question. thanks tcore and rob i do appreciate your response. coin collecting has just come a long ways since i was going through pennies that i collected on my paper route. now if i would have just save d the walking liberty halfs and the standing liberty quarters gee i am dating myself but i was still getting a few of these back then. oh mercury dimes to
Sorry, bama guy, from your original post, you didn't mention that you were talking about the AGE 20th Anniversary Set. So, yes, then I can see spending some serious $$$ on it. Now, as far as the prices for them go, I've been watching ebay, Teletrade, etc. and I know that the prices have gone nuts. As you've said yourself though, you've seen some dealers not getting what they're asking for them. In my opinion, the crazy hype on these is about over. Don't get me wrong, they're still going to be very popular. However, the prices that went through the roof are leveling off and I believe they will come down. Now, they won't come back down to issue price, but they will come down. So, as far as when to buy (since you weren't fortunate enough to get in on a set directly from the mint), it is my opinion that you may want to wait until after Christmas. That's not based on much except that a few people will probably buy them for Christmas for people, and after Christmas, a few people that receive them may want to sell. So, I think as far as price goes, it's my feeling that you may get a better break after Christmas, particularly if dealers still have them sitting on their shelves when they were hoping to sell them before the holidays.
Hey bama guy... I collect this series both proof and MS. Do not waste your $$$$ on 70's get 69's.. or the best you can afford. You will find once you start collecting these, there are some difficult dates and lofty $$$$ being asked for them. Not all dates, but the lesser minted years such as 1/10 oz 1988 and 1/2 oz 1991, 1990 and 1989...3 or 4 One ounce coins are pretty difficult as well plus the new 3 piece gold set...already at 5K + Have fun..shop around and shoot me a maill sometime..I love this series and now have over 100 gold, 30 plat, and tons of silver...currently buying BU rolls of backdated ASE..10 more to go to have a full set of Orig Gov ASE rolls. The 1996 ASE roll is about 1200-1400 USD.... Good luck!! RickieB
Some day some of the collectors who are collecting these grade rarities are gong to have a rude awakening. I collect rare and/or scarce dates of many different series. I will occassionally pay a premium for a very ncie piece, however, I shy away from anything what it priced becasue of an MS 66 or MS 67 etc designation where the piece increases as a multiple of the previous grade. If an MS 65 is $25, (For example) why should an MS 66 be $100 and an MS 67 be $1,000? These grade rarities will come crashing down as soon as someone wakes up. There are many times where I would rather have a nice attractive AU-58 Barber quarter than the same date in MS 62, which is usually just an overgraded MS 60. Is it worth the primium? Possibly, for truly rare dates. Try finding an 1896 S Barber quarter in either grade. But not for a Washington quarter.
