Comments on: US Marshals Commemorative Coin First Day Sales Hit $8.4M

By: iansplanet

iansplanet — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:04:23 +0000

Biill’s comment about how the Mint preferentially sells to large corporations and TV hucksters is right on. They will inspect them, keep the PR70’s&69s, then send back the defective coins for the mint to sell to the public. The public has always been the runt of the Mint’s litter in that it sales first to corporations thru its Bulk Purchase Program. To get there, mr., mrs., or ms. citizen, you only need to satisfy these partial reqs: 1) be a licensed full-time “coin dealer” (any state-licensed firm or company engaged in the commercial sale of coins via storefront, coin shows or online)
2) a licensed business involved in the precious metals or numismatic coin industry
3) a licensed retailer, bank, credit union or other financial institution willing to expand its business into the numismatic coin industry. Then you must have a truck to take delivery of the package of coins. One weighs 2,615 pounds and probably 8 would fit in an F-150’s bed. I can’t guess how many would go in a Loomis-type truck.
So once the coins are back n stock, I believe I do not want the cast offs of the religious sellers of them on TV. We should be first. WTF are we letting happen to us?

By: iansplanet

iansplanet — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:44:30 +0000

the surprising sale of the three coin set meant i missed or lucked out. the number sold will in the long run reduce the value of the set. i did buy the 2013 5 star general sets which apparently were bypassed by many. like the half dollar from 2011, i believe, the low mintage will add value to these coins, making them more collectible than the 2015 u.s. marshalls’ coins. having practiced in federal court and entered fed buildings after 9/11, i have not been mistreated but there is a feeling of being watched that i should not have to feel. regardless, i would have bought the three coin set but just remember an hour too late.

By: Mike Unser (CoinNews.net)

Mike Unser (CoinNews.net) — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:04:42 +0000

FYI: As this time the three-coin proof set is on “back order” status so orders may be placed.

By: Jp

Jp — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:53:47 +0000

Will2020- I see that… I guess we’re all in the GOLD yet! I’ve only been doing this buying from the mint since 2009. I learn something everyday. I guess the mint underestimated the initial response of this coin. Plenty to go around yet.

By: Will2020

Will2020 — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:29:52 +0000

JP, look again, there are 85K gold coins left remaining to be sold.

By: Whistler

Whistler — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:57:23 +0000

Way too fishy these sell outs, speculators, mint needs to put limits on these for the first month, ridiculous – I ordered the dollars but was waiting on gold, 3 days..BS!!

By: Jp

Jp — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 19:09:14 +0000

March of dimes silver coins? I’m all for the charity and the good that is done with the March of Dimes cause, however , you will never see 500,000 silver coins sold on this one. Not sure about the 2014 Silver set… Just my opinion.

By: Ilovesilver

Ilovesilver — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:54:56 +0000

Watch this year 2014 Silver Limited Set, and March of dime special set , these are real low mintage

By: Ilovesilver

Ilovesilver — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:52:30 +0000

Ronnie is right!
out of stock is not mean Sold out
they just sold all their (first Strike ) inventory ,Usually 15-35% of mintage
This set is not this year Mint’s Jackpot winner,
100k mintage for gold and 500k for silver is too many for so few REAL COIN COLLECTOR
Most people buy coin for re-sale profit in recent days

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 11:50:04 +0000

Well it’s like this…….the mint sells large numbers of these 3-coin sets to the large TV coin shows…..then the mint states that they are not available at this time…..then the large purchaser reviews the coins for flaws ……returns the bad ones back to the mint and then they are available once again to the public…..nevermind ….that would never happen 🙂