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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1298300, member: 30400&quot;]I&#039;ll preface this by saying I agree that the difference between a 70 and a 69 is trivial. There will likely be numerous 70&#039;s. And a First Strike label is meaningless, given a five hour sell-out on coins minted weeks earlier. The 25th Anniversary label means nothing to me...the two unique versions only come from this set, so it unnecessary to say so on the slab label.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I haven&#039;t the slightest doubt that a 25th Anniv, First Strike, PR/MS70 will sell for quite a bit more. There&#039;s no explaining why people want 70&#039;s, cert labels with fancy notations, all looking alike for their sets. But they do.</p><p><br /></p><p>By way of example, here is a full page ad from a dealer in the latest issue of Coin World. Prices are for one set (all 5 coins):</p><p><br /></p><p>Ungraded, opened box: $799</p><p>NGC 69 coins w/ 25th label: $899</p><p>NGC 70 coins w/ 25th label: $3,975</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, you can say an ad isn&#039;t proof they will sell at those prices. But obviously this shop thinks they will and it&#039;s putting its money where its mouth is (on an expensive ad).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect ASE&#039;s but I bought 5 sets to sell. I will send the unopened box to PCGS, have them graded with all the dumb labels at the ridiculous cost of around $850. Total spent for the 25 coins will be roughly $2350. Then I will sell them (I may keep an S and a RP).</p><p><br /></p><p>How it will turn out is anyone&#039;s guess. How will they grade, will the market cool or get hotter? But every instinct in me says the 25th anniversary coins will be very much in demand. ASE&#039;s are the biggest collectibles series the Mint has produced in decades. Inscrutably, only 100k were minted.</p><p>Lance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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