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<p>[QUOTE="Virginian, post: 4993219, member: 27579"]I feel your pain. But they didn't all go to dealers - I'm not a dealer, and I snagged one after much of the same frustration that you experienced.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Apollo coin was not an ASE. Lotsa folks like me collect ASEs. I had zero interest in that coin, while I would have eventually resorted to the secondary market several months from now if I had not managed to score one directly from the mint today. I'm going to guess that you'll be able to get graded MS69 coins in the $200ish range within a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, it will be <b><u>very</u></b> interesting to me to see what happens with the End of World War II 75th Anniversary Silver Medal on Monday. Mintage is LOT lower, but it is not an ASE coin, no privy mark . . . indeed, it's not even a coin - it's a medal. I have zero interest in owning one. However if I decide that I could easily flip it, I might be willing to go through this whole circus again . . . or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Virginian, post: 4993219, member: 27579"]I feel your pain. But they didn't all go to dealers - I'm not a dealer, and I snagged one after much of the same frustration that you experienced. The Apollo coin was not an ASE. Lotsa folks like me collect ASEs. I had zero interest in that coin, while I would have eventually resorted to the secondary market several months from now if I had not managed to score one directly from the mint today. I'm going to guess that you'll be able to get graded MS69 coins in the $200ish range within a year. Meanwhile, it will be [B][U]very[/U][/B] interesting to me to see what happens with the End of World War II 75th Anniversary Silver Medal on Monday. Mintage is LOT lower, but it is not an ASE coin, no privy mark . . . indeed, it's not even a coin - it's a medal. I have zero interest in owning one. However if I decide that I could easily flip it, I might be willing to go through this whole circus again . . . or not.[/QUOTE]
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