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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 880295, member: 19065&quot;]In terms of bullion, just the metal, there is NO difference, yet they try to market ASEs in three tiers:</p><p><br /></p><p>$20.04/oz.&nbsp; NEW, being this year,<a href="http://www.providentmetals.com/2010-american-silver-eagle-brilliant-uncirculated.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.providentmetals.com/2010-american-silver-eagle-brilliant-uncirculated.html" rel="nofollow"> 2010 ASEs BU</a>, right out of the box from the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>$19.94/oz. <a href="http://www.providentmetals.com/1-oz-american-silver-eagle-bu-mixed-date.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.providentmetals.com/1-oz-american-silver-eagle-bu-mixed-date.html" rel="nofollow">Unc random date ASEs BU</a> [often these are sold out]</p><p><br /></p><p>$19.84/oz. <a href="http://www.providentmetals.com/1-oz-american-silver-eagle-off-quality-dates-our-choice.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.providentmetals.com/1-oz-american-silver-eagle-off-quality-dates-our-choice.html" rel="nofollow">Off-Quality, random date ASEs </a>(circulated/handled, scratched, toned, nicks/ bagmarks...)</p><p><br /></p><p>[prices as of this writing]</p><p><br /></p><p>They touch a little on condition/quality of the ASEs which shouldn&#039;t be of a concern for bullion investors, but for a coin collector buying ASEs or buying bullion, they may care and so those willing to pay more for New and clean BU coins can opt to pay a few cents more per oz. Those who buy for the bullion alone will not be charged that little &#039;numismatic&#039; surcharge for new quality looking coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Provident&#039;s choice not to update the look of their site could indicate they are frugal and conservative in operating expenditures no matter how much a refreshed look could help them. Sometimes people fear change or fear that their customers fear a change if they change their public face... they may fear people think they are getting too fancy or they may just be stubborn and find no convincing marketing argument acceptable and are simply happy operating as the old shop plugging away doing their thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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