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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 908021, member: 19065&quot;]I&#039;m not planning to buy this coin from the Mint this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint has not yet stated whether there will be any household limit on orders and there has been no stated mintage limit for the 2010-W Proof AGB. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sales of coins on the US Mint web site <i>should be</i> <i>done</i> according to the published <a href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/wcsstore/ConsumerDirect/images/catalog/en_US/GoldCoinGrid.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/wcsstore/ConsumerDirect/images/catalog/en_US/GoldCoinGrid.pdf" rel="nofollow"><b>United&nbsp; States Mint Coin Pricing Grid</b></a> [pdf]&nbsp; however following the Mint&#039;s refusal to adjust the price of FS coins&nbsp; last week it leaves that totally up in the air since policy is only&nbsp; applied at the US Mint when it suits their profit margin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<b><a href="http://news.coinupdate.com/us-mint-responds-on-numismatic-gold-coin-pricing-policy-0299/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.coinupdate.com/us-mint-responds-on-numismatic-gold-coin-pricing-policy-0299/" rel="nofollow">US Mint&nbsp; Responds on Numismatic Gold Coin Pricing&nbsp;&nbsp; Policy</a></b> from&nbsp; CoinUpdate.com 5/31/2010</p><p>&nbsp;<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">This sort of flip-flop policy can hurt sales and in turn inform final mintage which won&#039;t be known until sometime next year at the earliest. The Mint is putting the 2010-W Proof AGB on sale this year about 3 months earlier than last year&#039;s 2009-W Proof AGB. There is a potentially longer window of time in which the Mint can sell the 2010-W AGB so if POG is adjusted according to policy and gold doesn&#039;t spike up too much this year deterring some buyers or alienating others&#039; budgets, there could be an increase in sales over last years final 2009-W Proof AGB mintage which I believe is around 48,396 last time I checked.</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>Lastly, as of this week the Mint has reported sales of 135,000 Unc 2010 bullion version AGBs. Again, no mintage limits on these coins either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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