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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1915034, member: 19065"]Ignore that urge to buy at this time! Do more research and save your money for the time being, these coins are not rare and are not going anywhere. Just return the coin you got and hold your money for when you are ready to buy. Don't ignore a lot of the advice you are getting in this thread. Read up and ask questions based on the assumptions you had going into this, then go forward with a purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=793" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=793" rel="nofollow">population report</a> page on PCGS. This is just one company and the percentage of what this one company has gicen 69/70 to is only to date those coins which have been submitted and achieved those figures for. Notice that 2014 are not yet shown.</p><p><br /></p><p>You'll have to do further research with other TPGs, namely NGC and get their numbers too. </p><p><br /></p><p>A way to get both companies figures in one place is to search lots on Heritage Auctions and read the census figures in the lot description. Here is an exaample you can look at for a <a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1204&lotNo=11974" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1204&lotNo=11974" rel="nofollow">2012 Proof AGE Ultra DCam</a> in NGC holder. HA accounts are free and there's a pleathora of information there for you to use, and you may even like something they have listed more than direct from the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, you are not going to find the quality you are after from the Mint directly. That is NOT the business they are engaged in. Their quality controls are not the same as yours nor a TPGs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1915034, member: 19065"]Ignore that urge to buy at this time! Do more research and save your money for the time being, these coins are not rare and are not going anywhere. Just return the coin you got and hold your money for when you are ready to buy. Don't ignore a lot of the advice you are getting in this thread. Read up and ask questions based on the assumptions you had going into this, then go forward with a purchase. Here is the [URL='http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=793']population report[/URL] page on PCGS. This is just one company and the percentage of what this one company has gicen 69/70 to is only to date those coins which have been submitted and achieved those figures for. Notice that 2014 are not yet shown. You'll have to do further research with other TPGs, namely NGC and get their numbers too. A way to get both companies figures in one place is to search lots on Heritage Auctions and read the census figures in the lot description. Here is an exaample you can look at for a [URL='http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1204&lotNo=11974']2012 Proof AGE Ultra DCam[/URL] in NGC holder. HA accounts are free and there's a pleathora of information there for you to use, and you may even like something they have listed more than direct from the Mint. Again, you are not going to find the quality you are after from the Mint directly. That is NOT the business they are engaged in. Their quality controls are not the same as yours nor a TPGs.[/QUOTE]
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