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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 890753, member: 19065&quot;]Very nice write up and comparative study! I really admire the work you put into these FS coins analyses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll throw in this suggestion, the coming&nbsp; <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/04/12/upcoming-us-commemorative-coins-2011-2014/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/04/12/upcoming-us-commemorative-coins-2011-2014/" rel="nofollow"><b>2011 United States Army Commemorative Coins</b></a> which will offer a $5 gold piece (90% gold composition and a maximum mintage of 100,000) will further dilute sales of next years FS coins. They will be cheaper than the FS coins and more accessible to a wider range of collectors and their budgets. Collectors in 2009 had no new commemorative $5 gold coins, not since the 2008w bald eagle $5 gold coin was released, with a mintage of 15,133. For your reference: A short while back Elaine posted these <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t27193-5/#post837903" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t27193-5/#post837903">mintage figures</a> for the $5 gold commemorative coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bet the 2011 Medal of Honor gold coin will be a big hit, especially with the forthcoming 2011 departure of the US Military from Iraq to consider along with general military interest in this coin, huge numbers of collector/vets in the hobby, currently active military personnel or otherwise interested collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The FS collector has to be a tough lot to hang in there with rising metals prices, competitive products and sloppy Mint quality and customer service issues. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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