I agree. That is my favorite 2011 design. I think the Chickasaw design is nice also, but the park itself is quite a letdown relative to many of the others.
The Chickasaw might be your favorite investment too if this series takes off. Only 22,300 of the bullion coin sold to the APs so far, and IIRC they can only be sold to them until the end of the year.
I haven't checked the rules for the bullions, but other coins are allowed to be minted only in the year dated, but sold in other years. Does this differ for the ATB's? Heck, weren't all or most of the 2010 P's minted in 2011?
It differs for the bullion coins. The language I'm referring to is in Sec. 201 (2)(A) and (B) of the authorizing legislation, Public Law 110.456 which can be found here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ456/pdf/PLAW-110publ456.pdf And the relevant piece, emphasis mine: ----------------------------------------------- ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY FOR SALE. -Bullion coins minted under paragraph (1)- ‘‘(A) shall become available for sale no sooner than the first day of the calendar year in which the circulating quarter dollar of which such bullion coin is a duplicate is issued; and ‘‘(B) may only be available for sale during the year in which such circulating quarter dollar is issued. ----------------------------------------------- I read that as meaning that if the APs haven't ordered them by 31st December, then they can't be sold to them after that.
I bought one. I'm planning to collect the series. Thankfully, the prices have come down to earth a bit. They were overpriced at $279.95.