I was reading a thread on some other site from people who tried to buy. Sounds like it was another meltdown - people waiting in line, then getting kicked out when they tried to purchase. From what I read, the silver was a near-instant sellout, and the gold (both sizes) sold out in about 20 minutes. I think someone said one of the big online resellers was offering a $500 bounty on the silver; I guess that by itself is enough to explain the frenzy. I don't see any of these three issues as coins, even though I guess the gold pieces match the technical definition. They have a face value. Two-and-a-half Union? One-and-a-quarter Union? Quinvigenuple eagle? Oh, I'm making this too complicated. The gold coins are one and two kilobits!
These Liberty Bell things were so over priced that they were a million miles away from my radar. The mint has become an agent for collectors with high budgets only.
