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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4941589, member: 105098&quot;]&quot;<i>In order for the United States Mint to cover rising costs&quot;</i></p><p><i>meaning, sick leave and overtime costs to keep production up.</i></p><p><i>in other words, they are making the collectors pay for what they have to do.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>2019 Silver proof set was $54.95, 2020 was $63.25. Now increase it to&nbsp; $105,I&#039;m not going to do the math but that&#039;s a lot of markup, and not just for the silver increase.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Silver content is 1.65 oz. (46.89 g) (these sets are 99.9, half, dime, 5 quarters)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Silver price today is, I dunno, $25.00 or so an oz.&nbsp; even if we go to $30 an oz. it&#039;s $49.50 melt for the silver. </i></p><p><i>We&#039;d n<i>eed something like $50.00 and oz. melt for the sale price to fall into &quot;reasonable&quot; again with $22.50 for the cent, nickel, and dollar coin, and packaging plus profit of like $10-$15. </i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i>never gonna happen, and if it does, the actual dollar is gonna be in trouble as well as the economy, much worse than it is now.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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