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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 799689, member: 19423&quot;]I abandoned the series this year.&nbsp; I was a big fan of the series at the start as it seemed like a great way to accumulate some low mintage gold and thought there would be some great designs along the way.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I started to get turned off to the series with the Mint&#039;s new pricing structure that floats with spot prices as it seems to have locked in a healthy premium for the Mint where before under the old policy I was able to buy much closer to melt value at times.&nbsp; I also became disinterested in the series with the relatively boring designs.&nbsp; I mean how many coins of people sitting at desks reading or writing do we need???&nbsp; And finally, when gold got to be around $1200/oz and the Mint prices well above that, I just really quit having fun putting a good portion of my coin budget into this series (uncs and proofs) when there were so many classic coins that I wanted to buy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Accordingly, I kept my proof and unc Jefferson, Jackson and Van Buren Liberty designs and I sold off all of the rest of them.&nbsp; Fortunately I sold when gold was just over $1200/oz so I felt pretty good about it, especially when I used a good portion of the proceeds to buy my 1909-S Indian Head Cent graded PCGS MS65RD!!&nbsp; So basically I traded 5+ ounces of gold for a penny <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ll still buy the Buchanan Liberty design, but other than that I&#039;m out on this series.&nbsp; I think some of the more modern spouses will be a little more popular than the current offerings, but I still don&#039;t think any will come close to selling out as long as the Mint premiums remain at the levels they are.&nbsp; And although the current coins have relatively low mintages, there just isn&#039;t the demand for these at prices too far above melt and I&#039;m not sure there ever will be.&nbsp; Just too expensive of a series for 95% of all collectors to get into and I think that severely limits the potential of the series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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