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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1332306, member: 18157&quot;]OK...here&#039;s what I &quot;think&quot; (and why I think it)...there will be plenty around to say I&#039;m crazy and maybe I am, so please take my comments with a grain of salt. </p><p><br /></p><p>The chart below shows continued upward pressure on PMs punctuated by steep drops which correlate to government intervention in the options market. This is what I would expect to see in an election year when demand for PMs is high and the economy is down; the dips represent the application of &quot;lipstick on the pig&quot;. Meaning, significant headwinds to recovery are high commodity prices. One would expect prices to be down in a soft economy, but they&#039;re rising...mostly due to investor anxiety over our debt crisis. The short term &quot;fix&quot; is to change the regulatory environment to drive the evil speculators (anyone with a 401k account) out of the market. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just checked the Federal Register and I don&#039;t see any price announcements for 2012 US Mint product, yet. Here&#039;s <font size="3"><font size="2">the </font><a href="http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=WhhuIy/0/1/0&amp;WAISaction=retrieve" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=WhhuIy/0/1/0&amp;WAISaction=retrieve" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Federal Registry US Mint Pricing for 2011</b></i></a></font>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the US Mint realizes that PM prices are being manipulated and won&#039;t want to lower their prices too much...but they will lower prices some to demonstrate to the Numismatic community that &quot;they understand&quot; . <i><b>I suspect they will drop prices about 12% to...</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">2012 Silver Proof Quarter set: <i><b>$36.95</b></i></font></p><p><font size="3">2012 Silver Proof Set: <i><b>$59.95</b></i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>...but not any more than that. That may be asking too much of the Mint as it is. </b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, they can&#039;t release the 2012 sets at a lower price than the 2011 sets which is why (I think) we&#039;re seeing a delay in the release of the 2012 Silver Proof sets.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/ag_2011.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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