Comments on: US Mint Prices Increase for Major 2018 Coins and Sets

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 01:02:55 +0000

Is everything a scam!?

By: Tinto

Tinto — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:20:30 +0000

And I’d guess some more discounts will apply from the “list” price for authorized and bulk purchasers (wonder who they are ?? right) …. to products like the ATB 5oz, the proof sets, unc set, both proof and unc collector version of the ASE, AGE and proof Buffalo gold coins …

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:40:01 +0000

is there a cost of living increase going up in our paycheck, after all it’s our *U.S. Mint that’s raising their price, maybe our *U.S. gov* can throw a few more $$$ in our check with out getting less back in our tax’es ”bs”.

By: Tinto

Tinto — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:37:36 +0000

Got a email from the Mint about the WWI coin .. went to their website, it’s priced at $51.95 for proof and $48.95 (both introductory) then it rises to $56.95 and $53.95 respectively.
dunno if this had been posted before ..but here it is …

I ordered the Mark Twain $1 in both proof and unc during the discound period in 2016 and I paid $45.95 for the proof and $44.95 for the unc ..

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:45:02 +0000

I can’t believe it! I am retired and have been collecting for many years. The US Mint is a government agency. We as tax payers, may not pay all of the Mints expenses, but I’m sure we cover a lot of them. For example buildings, equipment, maintenance, personnel, security and a lot more. What happened to the time when the Mint sold coins with a modest profit? I understand the the variable pricing of precious metal coins as a commodity, but these price increases are not about that.
Maybe the mint should follow Walmart’s example with price rollbacks not increases. These increases are probably a result of the lost profits from the discontinued sale of hundreds of different ugly Presidential dollar products!

By: Lee Brewer

Lee Brewer — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:45:12 +0000

I wondered why the good act by the mint of offering free shipping to subscriptions was all about.

I admit from my dealings with them in the past I am now wondering if its not a trick marketing ploy to get new people seeing the price hikes to subscribe, and then next year they will start charging shipping again.to subscribers.

I wish we could go back to the days when we did not have to be suspicious about the mint and other places where the government has is tendrils.

By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:25:15 +0000

Maybe spend less money producing Birthday, Congratulations, Birth Sets, & all these other unnecessary products. Funnel the savings on those into actually reducing costs on the major sellers!!!

By: Ronald

Ronald — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:22:51 +0000

They have to make up for the free shipping somehow. If you run the numbers, they should be WAY ahead.

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:21:21 +0000

Save some money? Buy one ATB 5 oz for $5.00 more but save $4.95 on shipping. Of course, buy two for $10 more but save $4.95 on shipping. No wonder that we do not know how to save. Inflation back?