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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CentDime, post: 224567, member: 7297&quot;]You could be right, although from what I am seeing I am not so sure that is going to hold true because of a few things. </p><p><br /></p><p>First off I see the sales for the 2007 W Unc gold have been low for a first week of sales, that may mean we all misjudged the rarity of the 2006 W Unc {The 2007 w Unc 1/2 ounce has only sold 2000 coins for example including 4 coin sets}. Since the Mint seems to sell the Unc as a percentage of the proof we can look at the proofs and see the one ounce has sold extremely well but the others have not matched it. The good news is there are no special sets that will add to some of the mintages for 2007 so actually the one ounce UNC may be a good buy if the sales continue as weak as they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in a general sense i think as gold prices rise then mintages will generally fall as fewer people can afford the gold coins. The same applies for the platinum coins, the one ounce platinum at $1500 a coin is going to be a tough sell and I can&#039;t imagine those flying off the mint site.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you also have to add in the dilution of other gold coins being available. The first spouse gold coins are taking away sales from perhaps the 2007 W Unc this year and that may also be a factor. Plus later in the year we get the buffalo gold in fractionals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Add all that up and I am not convinced we have the low water-mark for gold bullion sales. It will be interesting to see how it plays out but considering all the gold the mint is offering and the skyrocketing bullion proces it could signal lower sales ahead for some series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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