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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johndean66, post: 1410906, member: 37335&quot;]They are planning on reducing the mintage:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>A mintage of 126,700 for each of the 2011 <a href="http://www.shopnumismaster.com/product/2012-us-coin-digest-bullion/us-coins/?r=numlbar020712-w2017-mintcuts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shopnumismaster.com/product/2012-us-coin-digest-bullion/us-coins/?r=numlbar020712-w2017-mintcuts" rel="nofollow">5-ounce silver </a>America&nbsp; the Beautiful bullion coins sounded good at the start, but with&nbsp; sluggish sales this past year, the U.S. Mint has decided to slash output&nbsp; in 2012.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&nbsp;“We penciled in right now 45,000 per release,” said&nbsp; U.S. Mint Deputy Director Richard A. Peterson in a recent telephone&nbsp; interview.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&nbsp;And the mintage for the <b>numismatic version</b> of the coins will drop from 35,000 for 2011-dated coins to <b>25,000 for 2012 </b>pieces.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>There appears to be a base of around 8-10 thousand collectors that have all current releases and will want these regardless of mintage. </p><p>They will still be readily available but likely to sell at a faster pace as the number sold hits 15,000 and collectors don&#039;t want to miss out on the coin.</p><p>I am guessing sales to start mid year - after the ASE releases are out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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