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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1472039, member: 19065&quot;]:scratch: </p><p>I have no clue how you can be so confident so early in the sales period to make such a statement especially after being shown how and when last years sales figures (mintage) began to climb around the New Year and after other similar coins in the series sold out. And that was for sales over the course of 10 months. The 2012 has only been on sale 2-3 months so far. Even the mere mention of something being &#039;low mintage&#039; can have an effect of driving sales, thus mintage higher. Don&#039;t go sabotaging your own predictions now, as I keep warning in this thread... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For 2011 Proof AGE 4-coin sets, as of <a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/27/2011-w-25-proof-american-gold-eagle-coin-sells-out/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2012/02/27/2011-w-25-proof-american-gold-eagle-coin-sells-out/" rel="nofollow">2/20/12</a> sold 17,697, while the 1/2 oz 2011 Proof AGE individual coins sold 7,855 for a <i>total</i> of 25,552*. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For your reference, here are three of the lowest 1/2 oz Proof AGE <a href="http://goldeagleguide.com/mintages/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://goldeagleguide.com/mintages/" rel="nofollow">mintages</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>2008 mintage 22,602&nbsp; </p><p>2001 mintage 23,240</p><p>1998 mintage 25,374</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>only after those dates do we have the 2011 Proof AGE 1/2 oz as the fourth lowest, to date for completed sales...</i></p><p><i><br /></i> </p><p>2011 mintage 25,552* </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>( *Actual final mintage may be ever so <i>slightly,</i> +/- this figure. )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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