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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1220811, member: 18157&quot;]OK...glad you asked! :cheers:&nbsp; (I apologize in advance if this is just a tad &quot;Off Topic&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a prediction I&#039;ve been making for some time now, but it just doesn&#039;t seem to get any traction...but a good predictions none the less (imho).</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><b>BUY 2010 Silver Proof Sets!!!</b></font> </span>:hail:</p><p><br /></p><p>Up&nbsp; until this year, the Mint released proof sets after all the individual&nbsp; coins had been released...usually around August. However, since the&nbsp; coins can only be minted (by law) during the year inscribed on the coin,&nbsp; inventory control was/is a problem. The Mint wants to meet demand, but&nbsp; it&#039;s expensive to produce (then melt) unsold inventory.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the&nbsp; end of 2010, Moy stepped down and there&#039;s been a significant change in&nbsp; the way the Mint does business. Inventory control seems to be a&nbsp; priority. Proof set releases were moved up from August to January and&nbsp; many of the &quot;End of the Year&quot; coins (such as the First Spouse coins)&nbsp; were minted in numbers far less than the maximum authorized...creating early sell-outs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people say...&quot;<span style="color: #0000ff">Hey, Yakpoo, there are far fewer 2011 sets sold so far...those are the ones to keep an eye on!</span>&quot;. Well, that&#039;s true. </p><p><br /></p><p>As of 05 July 2011, current sales are...</p><p><br /></p><p>2010 Silver Proof Set:&nbsp;&nbsp; 568,399&nbsp;&nbsp; Sales: 500/wk</p><p>2011 Silver Proof Set:&nbsp;&nbsp; 426,954&nbsp;&nbsp; Sales:4000/wk</p><p><br /></p><p>Sales&nbsp; are likely slow due to the high price of the sets and other competing&nbsp; products such as the ATB 5 Oz&#039;ers. There are only twenty-four (24) weeks&nbsp; left in 2011. If sales remain steady at current levels, the final sales number for the 2010 and 2011 sets will be approximately...</p><p><br /></p><p>2010 Silver Proof Set:&nbsp;&nbsp; 580,000</p><p>2011 Silver Proof Set:&nbsp;&nbsp; 510,000</p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from any other discussion...these are <i><b><span style="color: #ff0000">CRAZY LOW </span></b></i>mintages!!&nbsp; The 1999 Silver Proof set still sells on eBay for $150/set...and it had&nbsp; a mintage over 800,000. I collect the silver Roosevelt dimes and&nbsp; Kennedy Halves...which can only be found in these sets. These will be&nbsp; the &quot;Key Dates&quot; and they&#039;re still available from the Mint!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The&nbsp; projected numbers above support the notion that the 2011 Silver Proof&nbsp; set is the way to go. <span style="color: #0000ff">That&#039;s why I predict 2011 sales will gain strength&nbsp; and 2010 sales will remain flat.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p>One other point to&nbsp; consider...if the Mint made fewer of the 2010 sets than normal, due to&nbsp; the shift in schedule and competition with the 2011 sets, there&#039;s a&nbsp; &quot;chance&quot; the 2010 sets could have an early sell-out...further increasing&nbsp; interest in the 2011 sets. The Mint can keep making 2011 sets until the&nbsp; end of the year, but not the 2010 sets. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>So, here&#039;s a question I would like to ask everyone...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">If&nbsp; either of the 2010 or 2011 Silver Proof sets sell fewer than 600,000,&nbsp; what do you think will be their eBay price five (5) years from now?</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll guess $250/set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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