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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1141503, member: 15929&quot;]Yes it is quite a prize. But an expensive prize even back in 1995. I was a subscriber in 1995. Have been a subscriber since the early 70&#039;s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When the 1995-W SAE Proof came up it was part of the 10th Anniversary Eagle Set which included one each of the current gold coin offerings and the single Silver Eagle for $999. A little over 32,000 sets were sold. However, since the set was comprised of mainly coins I didn&#039;t collect (i.e. gold), I passed on it as $1,000 was a lot of money back then. Gold was around $425 an ounce if even that and the real popularity in this particular Silver Eagle didn&#039;t come about till around the early 2000&#039;s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To this day, I don&#039;t regret NOT purchasing that set. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for the relative prices, these can be had for around 3 grand give or take as the only really big ticket coin is the PR70DCAM and PCGS only has 2 at that grade. The bulk of them are PR69DCAM&#039;s with some going as low as PR62DCAM. Prices in the PR62DCAM to PR69DCAM range are all within a $100 of each other.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>BTW I didn&#039;t purchase any of the 2001 Silver Buffalo&#039;s for $30 either and I don&#039;t really regret that either. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What I <u>DO REGRET</u>, is in ordering only two lots of 4 2008-W Silver Eagles instead of a single lot of 100 since 3 of the 4 in the first were the Reverse of 07! A subsequent order of 4 produced another 4!</p><p>Had I ordered a single lot of 100, I&#039;d have gotten overnight delivery for $4.95 instead of paying the $17.95 for the first 4 AND I&#039;d have scored a literal butt load of 2008 Rev of 07 coins for only $25.95 each!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now that, I regret!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Had I ordered 100 and simply extended myself, it would have paid for itself within a week and I&#039;d of had no regrets.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For the OP, from a numismatic standpoint, the SAE coins have little true investment value other than the relative price of Silver but yes, they are fun to collect.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just try not to get sucked into any investment hype or you might end up regreting it. Instead, collect what you can and when you can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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