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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sodude, post: 1300234, member: 30828&quot;]I think the prices could drop just because there will be so many available.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what about after the hoopla dies down? </p><p><br /></p><p>$700-800 seems high, but only because of the Mint&#039;s obvious and inexcusable mispricing of the sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the initial price of $300 a set, that is basically the cost of 8 regular issue 2011 ASE bullion coins (mintage of over 30M). So for the cost of 8 mass produced coins, you got a very limited edition set with 2 very special coins, 2 premium coins, and 1 common, plus a fancy case. </p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, the free upgrade to overnight shipping is worth one ASE itself. So the real cost was less than 7 Silver Eagles!</p><p><br /></p><p>At $700, one could currently trade in 20 or less run of the mill 2011 ASEs for the 5 coin set.</p><p><br /></p><p>The $300 price tag (actually much less when you include the shipping upgrade) was absurd and a sign of incompetence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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