Comments on: 2011 Proof American Silver Eagle Released by US Mint

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:24:37 +0000

The US Mint sent out everybodies subsciption Silver Eagles at the higher price, then made them unavailable for 2 weeks (the return policy from the Mint is 7 days) THEN, they made the Eagle available at the lower cost to those that didn’t have subscriptions. All that time, the price of Silver fluxuated a couple of dollars an ounce. And they refuse to refund the difference of the two prices to those that had subscriptions. Considering this is the FIRST year they started to sell the coins after a 2 year suspension, it appears they did this intentionally to make extra money before the price drop went into affect. They just screwed every subscriber in the US Silver Eagle program. And now they want DOUBLE the price of Silver for the 5 coin set. Are they just TRYING to run off the collectors? What a racquet. What a rip off. I’m tempted to STOP buying coins from the Mint becasue of it. They have made literally thousands of dollars from my purchases over the years and now they want to screw ALL of the subscribers for less than $10 per coin. What has collecting come to?

By: dibs

dibs — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:54:05 +0000

With all of the new uses coming out for Silver every day, along with the increased investment demand. These ASE are going to be a collector’s dream. Two Years from now, we will be wishing we could get these for this price!! I know I am buying my 5 sets!! If I can get my hands on them that is…

By: Skip Goez

Skip Goez — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:03:43 +0000

Look—this whole new generation of coins that started in 1986 is still a great deal for such a beautiful coin—look at the gold coins from the same era—if you are concerned about a few dollars extra for the “bump” due to silver going up–those that have gold coins with prices leaping upward—I have no problem with minimal price increase for the silver coins—-Gold coins concern me a lot more with their pricing structure—getting into the new gold market seems a lot more risky then Silver—-enjoys these new Silver beauties while they are still affordable—-I know I will

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:57:06 +0000

I received my 25 coins, today! Wow! I’m impressed. Next purchase will be an NGC PF-70 UC to add to all the other PF 70 Silver Eagles in the series.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:56:37 +0000

The price of silver is at historic highs, the value will never hold up, just wait a while and pick these coins up at a far more reasonable price. Other than a select few examples, the proof/B.U. silver eagles are priced are all priced the same, relative to the price per ounce. Total money maker for the Mint.

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:26:25 +0000

Hey Guys,
This may be as simple as the Mint saying they finally have enough this year to fill consumer demand. As you may recall in the past Proof ASE’s were limited and were also suspened for one year. The values will ultimatly be determined by the total number sold and at the higher price it will keep the numbers sold down!

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:51:44 +0000

How much profit is enough? And Dave, you’re right! Open ended quantities mean, values go down when someone decides to sell.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:49:45 +0000

Why is the Mint selling the 2011 ASE based “On Demand” rather than some specific mintage? The Bullion coins are also sold based “On Demand” but generally sold in much lager quantities.

The Mint generally tells the public what the mintage of Collector coins are prior to release rather then making the mintage open ended – based “On Demand”.

What’s going on?