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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1357557, member: 18157"]If you go back to Post #407, our new friend, <b>Callaway29</b>, made the observation that he could buy 2010/2011 Silver Proof sets (14 coins) on eBay for $42/set...(w/ Free S&H)! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My response (in Post #410) was that he <i><b>"would be a fool" </b></i>not to buy full Silver Proof sets at $42/set because the silver value at that day's price (plus the face value of the non-silver coins) was greater than $42. There was no mention of "Quarter, only" sets or how much the coins cost from the Mint...just what Callaway29 said he could buy the full Silver sets for on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I did make a different mistake...I misstated the intrinsic value of the 2010/2011 Silver Proof sets. Just prior to making Post #410, I had been working with early '60s Mint sets (P&D)...which contain 1.23 troy ounces of silver. I mistakenly used that number in my Intrinsic Value calculation of the Silver Proof sets instead of the correct number of 1.34 troy ounces of silver. I noticed the error and quickly corrected the mistake with the "EDIT" comment at the end of the post. </p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1357557, member: 18157"]If you go back to Post #407, our new friend, [B]Callaway29[/B], made the observation that he could buy 2010/2011 Silver Proof sets (14 coins) on eBay for $42/set...(w/ Free S&H)! My response (in Post #410) was that he [I][B]"would be a fool" [/B][/I]not to buy full Silver Proof sets at $42/set because the silver value at that day's price (plus the face value of the non-silver coins) was greater than $42. There was no mention of "Quarter, only" sets or how much the coins cost from the Mint...just what Callaway29 said he could buy the full Silver sets for on eBay. However, I did make a different mistake...I misstated the intrinsic value of the 2010/2011 Silver Proof sets. Just prior to making Post #410, I had been working with early '60s Mint sets (P&D)...which contain 1.23 troy ounces of silver. I mistakenly used that number in my Intrinsic Value calculation of the Silver Proof sets instead of the correct number of 1.34 troy ounces of silver. I noticed the error and quickly corrected the mistake with the "EDIT" comment at the end of the post. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. :o[/QUOTE]
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