Comments on: 2015 Coin & Chronicles Set Prices

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:35:33 +0000

The mint needs to get out of the medal and tokens and just print money. All the other is just cheaping coin collecting. Stick to what you where originally proposed to do. They already have trouble keeping up with the job they have. Also cut productions of Pennies and nickels. Producing billions of coins a year which Billions are not being used anyway. And Get rid of the billions of dollars of $1 coins sitting in warehouses with nowhere to go because no one wants them. More cost to the mint for warehouses, heating cooling upkeep etc. Cut your budgets and save money then you will have money to operate. Also a investor/collector ought to be able to buy rolls of Eagles at the mint, instead of selling to a few in the country and leaving us at their mercy for the price of a roll. Please wake up and do whats right for the people.

By: Legend

Legend — Sun, 10 May 2015 02:00:49 +0000

A reverse proof Presidential Dollar, especially in the waning years of the series will just hammer the desirability of the Chronicles Sets. They will sell out….yesterday. With Kennedy being still in the minds of so many Americans, it will be more sought than the 1964 Half. People still pay premiums for unsearched rolls, accentuated hair, and such. Be smart, early ordering will be essential. And the Reverse Proof Presidentials will be more key then silly double lettering, or such sillyness making the market nowadays.
I cannot wait to gey Kennedy Reverse Proofs in slots, making the Dollar set a sure winner, and not just another series. Gonna be sad to see them go out of the yearly sets, been fun to collect!

By: Ilovesilver

Ilovesilver — Sat, 09 May 2015 03:23:09 +0000

I will buy all, if they don’t set up household limited :5
20000 set x about $60 = 1.2 M that is Bargain to be Monopoly !

By: Broadwing

Broadwing — Fri, 08 May 2015 20:53:40 +0000

I am not really impressed by the announcement of a reverse proof presidential dollar added to the set. I’m just not feeling excited by it. Seems like another way to spend money on something that may or may not go up in value. I am not a fan of the dollar series anyway as I thought they looked more like gas station tokens we used to get in the 60’s and 70’s. Now if it was silver RP dollar, I might bite. Just wondering when are we getting the RP Quarter, nickel, and penny, if ever?

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 06 May 2015 09:39:11 +0000

What coins are included in the 2015 chronicles coin set?.
A silver one ounce medal. A president proof dollar. A presidential bronze medal same design with the silver medal. That is all about it. Price is $57.95. But if the mint willing to make more sales. Further reduce the maximum mintage. Add an additional bonus coin on it. Insert some stamps. For example. Kennedy chronicles set. Insert another half dollar Kennedy clad proof coin to it. And do not increase the selling price.
Will the mint listen to us?. Not really.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 04 May 2015 06:54:38 +0000

@RonnieBGood (and others):
While not a definitive statement, let me posit that these sets have been rather tepid sales generators because they do not include any unique coins (or other items) deemed to be of collectible value. If you are collecting coins, then packaging should not matter. If the packaging is important, then many of these kind of items should command a much higher price in the secondary market.
The 2015 series of sets will have unique coins, and I suspect they will go quickly, much like the 2014 Coin and Currency set did, once the disclosure was made that it had a unique finish dollar. The mint has tried on many occasions to create markets for coin products which simply did not materialize. If you remember the beginnings of the 50 state quarters, there were numerous packagings to get the quarters, including the ‘Greetings from America’ series (started in 2002 when the state stamps came out – and which you can still obtain from the Post Office at full price, but curiously the 2008 issues are not available), the spoons, Christmas ornaments and other overpriced items. They tried the same with the Presidential dollars – the short-lived Historical Signature Sets are an example and should be worth up to or beyond $100 based on the total issue being so low.
The same can be said for the Kennedy specials – we may see price appreciation, but it will depend on how these ultimately become collected. If the 2016 centenary gold issues are successful, the Kennedy gold may be collected as part of that series as well. It’s all marketing and focus groups, and sometimes the focus group research doesn’t match what ultimately happens.
If I couldn’t get the ‘Greetings’ sets and the Signature sets at about 20% of original issue, I would never have even tried to obtain them. I didn’t see any purpose in the Lincoln set (still don’t), but may try to obtain a 2013 TR set if I can get one for a reasonable price. With these 4 new sets, this may signal that there will be renewed interest in the 2013 and 2014 sets, and if continued into 2016 for the last of the Pres. dollars, it might be a nice little collection of interesting items.
As far as going back and doing something for the other Pres. dollars, while they could make use of the uncirculated hoards that are sitting around in the Fed vaults, the 2012 and later issues don’t have that vast amount as they were only issued for numismatic demands, and since proofs have been used; it is unlikely many would sell that weren’t proofs and those can’t be coined again unless the authorizing legislation was modified (but it could only be to produce coins dated in a future year – say 2017 – for those not already included in some kind of set).
So, unless there is a sufficient source of proof sets lying around from which proof dollars could be extracted (remember the early sell out of 2012 sets), it seems unlikely that anything along those lines would even be possible. And they would probably be overpriced in any case.

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Sun, 03 May 2015 17:10:22 +0000

I guess I am just curious as to why the Mint did not wait until the presidential series was completed and then start this series from the beginning w/ Washington?

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Sun, 03 May 2015 17:03:29 +0000

Or Coin, Stamp, Medal and cardboard set.

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Sun, 03 May 2015 16:59:02 +0000

Medal…

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Sun, 03 May 2015 16:57:49 +0000

The definition of a “Coin” is an officially stamped piece of metal, used as money. Since this is not official money it should be called a Metal or a Token and Chronicles Set!