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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1385294, member: 18157&quot;]<font size="3">I just don&#039;t know what to think about all this. </font>:rolling:</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">The reason I <i><b>LOVE </b></i>the Silver Proof Set is because it&#039;s our connection to <i><b>REAL </b></i>money. Making these coins of an alloy that never circulated seems sacrilegious...however, it certainly explains the delay (I couldn&#039;t understand why the 2012 sets didn&#039;t come out at the end of January). If all this planchet nonsense is true, the 2010 and 2011 Silver Proof sets will truly be key collectibles.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Silver Proof set sales as of <b>28 February</b><b>, 2012</b>...</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; 2010 Silver Proof Set sales: <b>0 </b>for a total of 585,414<span style="color: #ff0000"><b>*</b></span></font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;2011 Silver Proof Set sales: <i><b>1,174 </b></i>for a total of 552,426 </font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>*</b></span> <b>Sold Out</b></font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; The lowest mintage of any <i><b>modern </b></i>Silver Proof set is 2010 (585,414). </font><font size="3">Since&nbsp;&nbsp; we have no idea when the 2011 sales will end (or when/if 2012 sales will&nbsp;&nbsp; begin) the best we can do is estimate how long it will take for 2011&nbsp;&nbsp; sales to match 2010 sales. Given this week&#039;s sales of <i><b>1,174 </b></i>sets, it&nbsp; will take twenty-eight (<b>28</b>) weeks to catch up...and </font><font size="3">brings us back to...</font><a href="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/ld.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/ld.jpg" rel="nofollow">[ATTACH]164855.vB[/ATTACH]</a><font size="3"><a href="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/ld.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/ld.jpg" rel="nofollow"></a></font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; 2011 Silver Proof Set: (585,414 – </font><font size="3">552,426 ) / 1,174&nbsp; = <b>28</b></font><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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