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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1388943, member: 18157&quot;]Kruptimes posted a link to the Coin World article in Post #532...and he posted again just above (quoting himself...how vain!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, the Mint feels they can actually save money by using pure silver planchets because the cost of creating the alloy planchets is greater. So, even if the silver content goes up, the price may stay the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly, we&#039;re wondering if that&#039;s the reason for the delay of the release of the 2012 Silver Proof sets which were &quot;supposed&quot; to be released in January. The Mint jumped through a lot of hoops last year to change the release schedule to January..,now the release is delayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, the Mint says nothing...leaving us to speculate. One school of thought is that they made too many 2011 Silver Proof sets and want to sell them rather than destroy them. Another school of thought is that the delay is for the swap over to 99.99% silver planchets. If that&#039;s the case, would they swap all the silver coins in the set...including the quarters, which have already been released in 90% silver or would just the Kennedy half and Roosevelt dime swap over?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><i><b><font size="3">Who Knows?</font></b></i></span> </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint has us all guessing at this point. :bangg:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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