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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bqcoins, post: 403753, member: 5036&quot;]The mint is killing the hobby as we know it.&nbsp; At least from a collectors standpoint.&nbsp; I mean it used to be possible to work on a modern set an be able to finish it.&nbsp; It used to be possible to buy one of everything from the mint and only spend a few bucks.&nbsp; Now lets look at what the mint wants us to spend to get a complete set of their wares for 2008.&nbsp; First spouse coins, 8, 4 in proof, 4 in unc. all 1/2 oz gold, ranging from 509 to 619.&nbsp; We&#039;ll call it ave 575, thats $4600.&nbsp; We&#039;ll skip the presidential dollars, and go to the buffalos, ignoring the 1oz 2008 celebration coin at 1188, we can buy the 4 coin sets of proof and unc for 2220 and 1960 respectively, thats only another 4180.&nbsp; the 4 coin american proofs 2200, the unc 2040, the silver dolars at 32 and 26 (finally some sanity).&nbsp; Now for only 4590 and 4290 we can purchase the platinum sets in proof and uncirculated.&nbsp; that takes us to proof sets, between quarters, silver quarters, proof sets, presidential dollars, and silver proof sets we get a total of 123.&nbsp; Thats not too bad. That just leave this years commemoratives to get a complete set of coins from the mint for 2008.&nbsp; The bald eagle commems, gold in proof and unc, silver in proof and unc and a clad half in proof and unc that makes 732. All together a grand total of $22,813.00.&nbsp; Huh what do you know, thats about 1/2 of what I bring home in a year.&nbsp; Who can afford all that, and what happens if the mints quality control isn&#039;t quite up to standard on the day you receive your coins and they&#039;re spotted and scratched or etc.&nbsp; then you incur more money sending them back to be exchanged.&nbsp; But really, who is the mint kidding, they have become a joke, a legal parody of the franklin mint, when it was cranking out so much crap every year.&nbsp; And coin clubs, orgs and others around the country wonder why it is so hard to find and keep people that are interested in collecting.&nbsp; The mint is busy courting those that can spent 20+ grand a year on coins.&nbsp; Maybe if the mint would focus on the smaller set.&nbsp; Say the collector that can spend a few hundred dollars, they would help the hobby.&nbsp; But then again, the mint isn&#039;t into promoting the hobby, much like any other organization they are into promoting themselves.&nbsp; for that much, they can keep it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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