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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 8160790, member: 27832&quot;]...but I&#039;m pretty convinced that those premiums will be <i>temporary</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started as a YN back when proof sets were $5, well out of my reach. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I was mad that I hadn&#039;t gotten the 1970 Mint or Proof sets, because <i>those</i>, with the last-year-of-silver-production, not-released-for-circulation Kennedy, quickly bounced up to $15 or even $25 in the aftermarket!</p><p><br /></p><p>If you patiently held onto them until today, they&#039;ll bring you... about $15. And that&#039;s in 2022 dollars, not 1972 dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1999 silver proof set. Issued at the obscene price of $31.95 for $1.91 face value worth of coins. Quickly blew up to $400 or more in the next few years -- and has been declining ever since. Today, if you&#039;re patient, you can land one on eBay for $50.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2012 mint set still carries a premium, but I think even that has been sinking steadily.</p><p><br /></p><p>With mintage and demand information so easily and widely available these days, there&#039;s less room for surprises. When something is <i>expected</i> to be a sellout, it <i>does</i> sell out, its price spikes, and then it settles back -- not always to its issue price, but usually well below its peak.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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