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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1907600, member: 15929"]Doug, when that 1995 Set came out, I saw the price and immediately thought that sales were going to be tight, For the set that is. As for the silver Eagle, I never, ever considered "needing it" as there was no "requirement".  After all, I already HAD a 1995 Proof Silver Eagle. All that changed when the TPG Registries were created and I think that if some research is done, it will find that the big prices on the 1995-W SAE came "after" it was required for the Complete Silver Eagle Proof Registry Set. Once it became obvious that a LOT of folks simply could not afford the coin, the "simplicity" of completing a competitive set was lost and folks just lost interest. Today, if I could "afford one", sure I'd buy it but it would always just be an expensive coin in the set. Nothing special, certainly not a profit maker, just an expensive coin. I learned back in 2007 that buying expensive coins, while satisfying in the fact that you've got one, does NOT insure that you'll be able to sell it for what you paid since the "profit wave" is long gone. This is true of classic coins as well in that, buying an expensive, high grade classic coins does not ALWAYS translate into a profit.[/QUOTE]