Comments on: 2013 ATB Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins Release Dates and Prices

By: jim

jim — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:41:22 +0000

Except for a sell-out it would be nice if the US Mint would also publish last day of sale like what they do at the end of the year or with the two-coin set coming out this week. A running count of units sold on each coin’s web page would help one to gauge better a time to buy and make budgeting easier.

By: bubba

bubba — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:14:28 +0000

The remaining Chaco coins sold out rather quickly. Either they didn’t have many left or a lot of people grabbed them. I am hoping that there weren’t many
left and the mintage stayed low otherwise, paying $50 more for a coin than what the last bunch sold for is going to leave people stuck with them for a long time. They should have just ended the mintage early and added the extras back to the silver bin. They raised the prices and then silver dropped and
then they started selling out and you think you better buy and then they drop the price. Maybe the blessing in all this is they did sell out finally. The last people that bought them $50 cheaper really scored. Hopefully, the price of silver will stay down, so that collectors can make up for the higher prices they paid. Nice to see 2013’s are coming out and will be interesting to see mintages. They are releasing 4 of them in a three month period. It is going to be tough to keep up with them. At the lower prices they should be popular. One won’t be able to wait to order them like the 2011’s or 2012’s. Maybe this will generate some excitement for the series again. That would be good. Tough on the budget especially with the new 2 coin set coming out and the 1st 2013 5 oz coin within about 8 days.

By: Coin Monger

Coin Monger — Sat, 04 May 2013 23:06:36 +0000

I only buy certain coins from the US Mint. Seems like a lot of their coins come out and later market value is less than directly from the mint. I watch for these and buy them a few years later when they are often times cheaper than getting them from the mint. I know that isn’t always the case, so I do buy some coins from them.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:50:30 +0000

When I budget for something money goes into a special bucket every month so that when it finally comes available I have the money ready to buy. Things that come out sooner I borrow from other budget items and pay back with future month allocations. Which means that regardless of when a coin I’m interested in comes available I have the money to buy it. For years the mint has been erratic with it’s time table of coin releases. During this time I have been on a fixed income and yet I have been able to get what I’m interested in because of this method of budgeting. BTW spouses are available for at least a year so those should fit in your budget just fine.

By: Zaz

Zaz — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:02:02 +0000

The release pattern is not nearly as tight as it was two years ago for the first FOUR of the collector 2010 ATB, and they were priced at $279.95. At $179.95, these should sell relatively briskly especially to the flipper crowd who might have blinked and missed out on the 2012 sellouts and the consequent increases from issue price.

By: Poggie

Poggie — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:42:43 +0000

Anyone notice that the majority of the collector sets; 5 Oz Parks and Presidential Spouse are held back and rushed out in groups. (with other costly and over priced releases) I’m certain this is due to a ‘shortage’ of the metals and Government knowledge of a near future rise in price. I am no longer able to keep up on either series as they are jammed so tightly in their recent release pattern that my budget can’t handle the overload. I have resigned form trying to keep it going. Thee Spouse coins, FIVE ounces, (over priced) all in a couple months. Now they are doing it with the New Proof Eagle tow coin set, and Proof Buffalo, Silver Proof sets and the 5 ounce Parks. IMPOSSIBLE! I QUit!