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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 881966, member: 19065&quot;]No way does that mean anything! That&#039;s totally premature speculation before the coins have even released...</p><p><br /></p><p>An earlier release of the AGB this year doesn&#039;t ensure greater&nbsp; quantities will be sold resulting in a higher mintage. The final mintage&nbsp; will require more steady sales be maintained over a longer period until&nbsp; they stop minting (or if a limit is announced) compared to last year&#039;s&nbsp; mad dash for gold, and in turn a collector rush for Proof AGBs, which&nbsp; were released quiet late in the year, followed by brisk sales up to&nbsp; about January, diminishing until the Mint removed the Proof AGB a few&nbsp; weeks ago from its web site. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Over all gold seems to be selling steadily without a lot of delay in&nbsp; distribution due to demand like last year. The Mint has removed the&nbsp; allocation limits to its bullion dealers as well. Gold this year seems&nbsp; to be selling but with less demand than other PMs like silver.&nbsp; Collectors may be more modest with purchases from the Mint and bullion&nbsp; investors are already positioned in gold since last year or in need of&nbsp; less to be balanced this year. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I look for 2010 AGB mintages to be very slightly +/- last years figures&nbsp; when true final figures from the Mint are published sometime in early&nbsp; 2011. Until then mintage speculation is prone to change for any number&nbsp; of reasons: mintage limits, household limits that control purchases,&nbsp; POG, bullion allocation, a turn to bullion instead of collectors&nbsp; versions... you name it. The 2010 AGB coins haven&#039;t even released and&nbsp; guessing mintage now is totally premature and highly likely to&nbsp; disappoint if you play that game. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you want quality (TPG equivalent 69/70 grades) Proof AGB coins, buy&nbsp; them the first couple weeks after release.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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