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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1506299, member: 15929&quot;]I don&#039;t believe the Mint misled anybody but I do believe that everybody bought into the possible hype and allowed themselves to be midled. The only thing the mint did was to respond to public criticism over the way the 25th Anniversary Sets were handled. They opened the ordering time and the total mintages to meet public demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>That demand amounted to 251,000+ &quot;sets&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>In retrospect, the 2006 20th Anniversary set ran into the exact same scenario except it was &quot;twice&quot; as bad since two out of the three coins in the set were available outside of the set.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it has not &quot;hurt&quot; the value of the 20th Anniversary Set which still, on the worst of days, brings more than double the original issue price.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26_trksid%3Dp4340.l2557%26hash%3Ditem58952e3946%26item%3D380459956550%26nma%3Dtrue%26pt%3DBullion_US%26rt%3Dnc%26si%3DW3T95j8bQnPLuTsWyQsbsFnVXHs%3D%26orig_cvip%3Dtrue%26rt%3Dnc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26_trksid%3Dp4340.l2557%26hash%3Ditem58952e3946%26item%3D380459956550%26nma%3Dtrue%26pt%3DBullion_US%26rt%3Dnc%26si%3DW3T95j8bQnPLuTsWyQsbsFnVXHs%3D%26orig_cvip%3Dtrue%26rt%3Dnc" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;hash=item58952e3946&amp;item=380459956550&amp;nma=true&amp;pt=Bullion_US&amp;rt=nc&amp;si=W3T95j8bQnPLuTsWyQsbsFnVXHs%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of the coins within that three coin set, only the Reverse Proof remain unique.</p><p>According to the 2011 Redbook, 448,553 2006-W Burnished Uncirculated Eagles were produced and 843,602 2006-W Proof Coins were produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 251,302 looks rather nice IMO as the set wiull most certainly retain if not increase in value over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:</p><p><br /></p><p>Mintages are only relative if the mintages exceed the collectors. The 20th Anniversary Set is testament that there are way more than 250,000 Silver Eagle Collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Come to think of it, I know of a coin which has a 484,000 mintage that commands thousands of dollars each time it come up for sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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