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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 831974, member: 18157"]As you may have guessed from some of the other threads, I'm not exactly "pleased" with the way the Mint is running the First Spouse coin program.</p><p> </p><p>As it stands now, I'm not sure if any of the published mintage figures can be trusted to be "final" mintage numbers. The Mint is "Authorized" to continue minting/selling each of the designs until the Max mintage is reached...or until the end of the entire program (sometime in 2016).</p><p> </p><p>So, if you're going to ignore "mintage", the only other reason to buy a FS coin (over other types of bullion coins) is for the design and grade. Personally, I would buy one of the "Liberty" designs graded <b>PF70</b> (PCGS or NGC) off eBay (the Proofs look way better than the Uncs...imo).</p><p> </p><p>The Jackson coin would be the best if you can find one for under $1000...that's a pretty popular design. If you don't have that much money to spend, you might consider the Jefferson or Van Buren coins. A few months ago, I bought an NGC PF70 Jefferson Liberty for $608.</p><p> </p><p><b>Be careful buying raw FS coins off eBay.</b> There are some really nice fakes out there. All someone has to do is have their coin graded and replace it with a fake...and sell it with the original packaging and Certificate of Authenticity.</p><p> </p><p>Or...you can wait for the Buchanan Liberty to come out. My "guess" is that gold prices will be lower by then. If you go that route, the key will be to get your order in just as soon as the coins go on sale. That way you increase your chances of getting a very nice coin. Good Luck!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 831974, member: 18157"]As you may have guessed from some of the other threads, I'm not exactly "pleased" with the way the Mint is running the First Spouse coin program. As it stands now, I'm not sure if any of the published mintage figures can be trusted to be "final" mintage numbers. The Mint is "Authorized" to continue minting/selling each of the designs until the Max mintage is reached...or until the end of the entire program (sometime in 2016). So, if you're going to ignore "mintage", the only other reason to buy a FS coin (over other types of bullion coins) is for the design and grade. Personally, I would buy one of the "Liberty" designs graded [B]PF70[/B] (PCGS or NGC) off eBay (the Proofs look way better than the Uncs...imo). The Jackson coin would be the best if you can find one for under $1000...that's a pretty popular design. If you don't have that much money to spend, you might consider the Jefferson or Van Buren coins. A few months ago, I bought an NGC PF70 Jefferson Liberty for $608. [B]Be careful buying raw FS coins off eBay.[/B] There are some really nice fakes out there. All someone has to do is have their coin graded and replace it with a fake...and sell it with the original packaging and Certificate of Authenticity. Or...you can wait for the Buchanan Liberty to come out. My "guess" is that gold prices will be lower by then. If you go that route, the key will be to get your order in just as soon as the coins go on sale. That way you increase your chances of getting a very nice coin. Good Luck!![/QUOTE]
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