Comments on: 2013 ATB Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins on Hold

By: David

David — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:29:44 +0000

I started collecting the 5oz series from the beginning, and I’ve really enjoyed them. I’m not an experienced collector, but I follow a few rules; don’t worry about the price of silver so much, collect them for their beauty, and be happy that the mintage is low.

Obviously the price of silver will vary over time, but I’m sure I will get a decent return on my investment after 2020. And if not, I will hold them until 2030, or whenever.

I think the most important aspect of collecting is to enjoy the beauty of the coins, and these coins are certainly the most beautiful because of their detail and silver content.

In 2020 I will either have a valuable complete set of coins that will produce a great return on my initial investment, or I will have just an impressive and beautiful set of coins. I would be happy with either.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:54:25 +0000

Now I’m confused. I have all the uncirculated silver coin proof sets and they are all marked “S”, I specifically bought the san francisco minted coins. I also have all three years of the 5 oz which are not marked. I’m guessing Philadelphia only minted the uncirculated coin?
Noone will spill the beans on the silver supply but it seems very obvious to me silver is running out because these 5 oz coins are in very high demand. Some of the 2012’s are going for almost 400 dollars now, and the mintage has been cut, with no accurate number of production. This is just all very strange. But very beautiful coins, my favorite.

By: Bubba

Bubba — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:15:43 +0000

I really like the 5 oz coins. With the coins having such a large surface, they better show the designs of the American the Beautiful coin series than the small quarters. I hope they finish the whole series. It would be a really impressive display with all 56 coins. The great thing about them is that they will always be worth a quarter! By the time the series ends in 2020, a lot more people might like them. With the relatively low mintages, demand wouldn’t have to increase too much for these things to take off. With each coin having 5 ozs of silver, you can always fall back on the silver value.

By: Breakilla

Breakilla — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:02:06 +0000

Back in the days the Morgan’s were not popular with the people. I think these 5oz coins will be something great many years down the road. The fact that they have low mints and are not popular today, could mean they become very valuable tomorrow.

By: Homer

Homer — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:29:38 +0000

The 5 oz size is an anomoly for the US Mint. I never started the spouses. I’m not interested in dollar coins. You can get quarters in your change. You can get all 5 coins for a little over the price of 1 spouse gold coin. I’m kind of bored with the eagles. The design doesn’t change much if any other than the year. Platinum ones change, but they are expensive. 5 oz coins are just really different. That’s why I liked them.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:38:46 +0000

They’re committed to the 5 oz coins but they may be getting bored with them. I know I certainly am, with all the quarters, spouse golds, and the president $1 coins too. It’s hard to get excited when you’ve got 40 or 50 different designs for the same coin.

I quit with the 5 oz coins after the first year after I looked at my budget and the cost per year for another 9 years.

By: Homer

Homer — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:42:22 +0000

The Mint did it again. They ended sales of the Hawaiian 5 oz coin. I have been trying to collect them, but they are hard to budget for. So I try to keep an eye on
mintages. They ended it with a mintage less than 15,000 when stated mintage limit was 25,000. I’m definitely not paying over $400 for one. People seem to be paying that for them. So I guess that means I will just quit collecting them. I was going to try to collect the whole series. I get the feeling that they don’t care and want to get out of the business of the 5 oz coins.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:45:04 +0000

I’m just glad that the US Mint is finally communicating to the public. Remember last year when we went 10 months with no word about the delay in first spouse releases? More evidence that Peterson’s uselessness has been dealt with. Thanks for posting this article, Mike Unser.

By: Homer

Homer — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:24:21 +0000

I am getting concerned about the whole program. They are probably expensive to produce because of size and with lower mintages, they may be reevaluating the cost effectiveness of the program. I don’t think I would worry about the price.

By: Boz

Boz — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:23:10 +0000

Price of silver is incredibly low right now given the demand over the past 60 days. We are in the midst of shortages and pent up demand for one ounce coins. I agee with Victor, prices have nowhere to go but up, even on the 5 oz coins.