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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silver Striker, post: 376168, member: 1745&quot;]About a year ago, I posted&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=25781" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=25781" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> about these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the 2008 / 2007 Burnished ASE mix-up, I became puzzled why all the frenzy over these coins with a production of maybe 47,000.&nbsp; I see these coins reaching prices of upwards of $400 especially if graded.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I wondered why if this is a collecting hobby why the lowly, 2006 gold uncirculated San Francisco Old Mint coins can still be had at under U.S. Mint prices and sometimes right at their gold content price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I do understand the ratio of collector to issue values, but wonder why most people are willing to pay $400 for a coin with a mintage of 47,000 and a bullion value of nearly $18.00 compared to a bullion coin with a mintage of probably 15,000 (guessing here since Silvertowne claims to have melted 3,000 of these coins, originally 16,149) with a bullion value alone of nearly $220.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>I usually buy about 12 of each of the ASE varieties when they become available from the mint and I didn&#039;t want to currently purchase them since the silver price had dropped.&nbsp; However, with the 2008 / 2007 situation I purchased 12 and got none of the variety.&nbsp; My sister purchased 6 more and gave them to me as an early birthday gift, still none.&nbsp; I seem to be more of an investor than a true collector saving for my retirement day or for the relatives to fight for if I don&#039;t make it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So recently, I&#039;ve been buying up some of the best buys I can of the &quot;OLD MINT UNCIRCULATED&#039;S&quot; and have been doing pretty good getting them at near bullion prices and even graded at that.&nbsp; Have only gotten a handful or so but, they sure are pretty coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think these are just &quot;sleeping&quot; right now.&nbsp; I just hope they don&#039;t wake up too soon! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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