yes , as of april 19 sales at 183,456 . should be all gone very soon

RICHARD W. i agree with you all the way on that.i checked a reputable dealers website this morning and i saw that they would sell me a 2020 ASE bullion coin for $26.23 and if i wanted to sell it back to them they would give me $18.89 for it.these people are getting a reputation but i would’nt call it fair.

Too many people are hypnotized by a “good deal.” (And it if was so good why are the dealers selling them?) Maybe they watched those hilarious coin shows too often–the ones aimed at people who buy coins with little knowledge about them. An old saying about doing your homework still holds true, “Buy the book before the coin.”

much appreciated. that answered my question.thank you very much.

The Mint requires a lot of their bullion version coin Authorized Purchasers companies, but the most important is a federal background check on the owner & the fact that they require the APs to not only sell these U.S. Mint silver, gold, platinum & palladium coins, buy they must also buy the coins back from the public also. That creates a large 2-way market that you & I as “small collectors” cannot do on a daily basis.

Happy collecting!

NumisdudeTX

seth,i can tell you know alot about the hobby.i myself have been in this hobby for forty years,i have wondered for a long time why does the mint sell to authorized dealers and not just sell directly to the public? i’m referring to the bullion the mint sells. i think this would be a beautiful thing if they would sell directly to the public.thank you.

Seth Riesling,
Last time I looked all 5 of the 5 oz ATB for 2019 were also still available. (The only surprise to me and apparently many others was the mint did not raise prices for them when the “bat” was issued like they did for the 2018 and 2019 platinum when the proof 2020 platinum came out.) The “Weir Farms” bullion coins have been available from dealers for sometime too. But the “P” was rescheduled (sometimes bullion ones have been available first other times the “P” was first). So was surprise the mint rescheduled the “Weir” “P” as it was likely already struck too.
To be clear, I am not certain “price gouging” is limited to dealers. Thanks for your reply and info.

The Mint’s website still has the 5-ounce “P” American Samoa 2020 coin available. Since there is only one press that is used to strike all 5 oz silver coins, & it takes a specially trained employee to operate the press at the Philadelphia Mint, they usually only strike 100 coins at a time & then they wait for them to sell & then strike another batch to send to the fulfillment warehouse in Memphis.
The price gouging by dealers continues though as scared people rush to buy precious metals during this crisis time unfortunately.

Happy collecting!

NumisdudeTX