Comments on: 2012 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set Planned

By: jim

jim — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:19:47 +0000

The US Mint can’t do anything unless Congress tells it to. Which is why all they can do is come up with this lame limited edition silver proof set – because it fits within the current coinage laws. The survey results only provide ideas for dep dir Peterson to take to congress people to get them to pass new laws for new coins. Obviously he’s as incompetent at this task as he is at other tasks that running the mint requires of him.

By: john

john — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:11:10 +0000

The Mint hired an outside agency to present customers with a survey of their service, quality, etc. Frankly, I told them how behind they were worldwide in variety, imagination, and presentation. Example: Anyone see ONE US Mint “Year Of the Dragon” coin for sale on their site? “Year Of The Snake?” The Dragon was (is) a heavy hitter for the Australian Mint monetarily speaking. Our mint can’t see this?

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:04 +0000

The Coin V…? Are those crooks still in business?

By: jim

jim — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:27:43 +0000

Hey, if you were stupid enough to not get your proof silver eagle(s) before they reached the 850,000 mark then this is the only way you can get one. And besides this way you don’t have to deal with all those messy golden dollars and nickle and penny to get your silver set.
Not only is it more expensive, it’s a dumb set of coins. The kind of coin set I would expect The Coin Vault to offer – breaking up a proof set to get just the silver pieces, adding the proof W eagle and calling it a silver proof set. Peterson probably stayed up late at night for weeks watching The Coin Vault before he came up with this idea to fleece more money from customers. Is there anybody left out there who could possibly think this is a set worth buying? They aren’t even individually encapsulated.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:47:38 +0000

Let’s see I can buy the Annual Silver Proof Set and a Silver Proof ASE at current listed prices and that would cost me $127 OR buy this limited edition set for $150??????

Ahhhhhh……….NO!

Geez these people just have the worst concept of what a “limited edition” set is or should be!! Not even like what the Legacy Sets were. And then on top of it being the same old coins packaged differently, more expensive, then add in “expect delays in shipping”!!!!!!

You really can’t make this stuff up but our government sure can!!! Ridiculous!!!

By: jim

jim — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:42:36 +0000

I can’t wait to see the changes that Bibiana Boerio will implement after she ousts Peterson. Hopefully one of the first things she’ll do will be to survey the collecting public for all the aches and pains that Peterson brought on and for suggestions about remedies and improvements – but I’m not holding my breath.

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:34:30 +0000

It is good to see that so many of you now “Get It” with regards to what the Mint has been trending lately. It has been all about the money and little to do with what collectors really want.

By: Gerald Shearman

Gerald Shearman — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:17:15 +0000

This is the very reason I purchase most coins for my collection from Canada , Australia , and the U.K. Our old U.S of A. has little creativity with the changing world of coin products .

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:56:34 +0000

It’s hard to guess what final production figures will be for any coin. Seems like if the Mint has excess inventory, they repackage the coins and raise prices.

Speaking of which, on several of the burnished silver eagles I purchased from the Mint this year, they had put a sticker over the sticker from a previous year’s coin box. One sticker I peeled up revealed a sticker underneath from a 2008 coin. Recycling? Okay, but it looked cheap and cheesy to me.

By: Mercury

Mercury — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:20:49 +0000

Who cares?…If the Mint doesn’t care enough to make mention to coin collectors what it is their selling, then I don’t care enough to even care to buy it. As I see it, as of late, no news is good news as far as the US Mints’ concern. And “no news” seems to be the route they’ve chosen to take when it comes to dealing with their customer. So again… why should we care? Before this should even matter to us, they obviously have a lot to learn about putting their customers first and foremost IMO. Thanks anyways Mike for caring enough to let us know that the Mint doesn’t care that we coin collectors don’t have a clue.