Hi Rich,
Yeah, that explains it. I got the 75th anniversary 2 coin set in 2012, so I ignored the Coin and Currency set. I did not need either the Congratulations Sets or the Limited Edition Silver Proof Set until 2017, when I of course tried but could not get one. I do not think I even tried for the Congratulations Set in 2017. Probably because I had never failed to get my purchase completed before, so I waited for the other one.

Jeff, the background behind the 2017-S Proof ASE is very interesting. In 2012, a 2012-S Proof ASE came with the 75th Anniversary San Francisco Mint 2-coin Set (mintage = 224,935), and also was included in the 2012-S Coin and Currency Set (mintage = 56,857). The next time a Proof “S” Mint ASE was released was in the 2017 Congratulations Set to everyone’s surprise (and that set sold out quickly). The ASE Proof Congratulations Set first came out in 2013 and always contained the W mint Proof ASE, that is until 2017 when the Mint switched to a 2017-S Proof. After that, the 2018 – 2022 Congratulations Sets have had the W mint Proof ASE. The 2017-S Proof ASE Congratulations Set mintage = 74,898. The Limited Edition Silver Proof Set (LESPS) with the Proof ASE first came out in 2012, and contained the W mint Proof ASE through 2016. Then in 2017, the LESPS switched to the S mint Proof ASE. The 2017-S LESPS mintage = 48,901. The 2018 – 2021 LESPS continued to include the S mint proof ASE, with last year’s set containing both the S mint and W mint Proof ASEs.
In 2018, the Mint started releasing an individual S mint Proof ASE each year along with the traditional individual W mint Proof ASE, like we have this year.

Hi Rich,
yep, that is the one. Was that the first year they did that limited edition proof set? Or maybe the first year they put a special ASE in the set? I do not even look at the newest of those now, and that I did not manage to get the first one would explain why. I am kind of blasé about my ASEs ever since they did not release a 2009 proof. Ahhh, a 5 coin set for the 1995-w. Sorry about that error. Other than verifying I actually did get the 2019-s reverse proof, I just went by memory in my post to you. I knew it would be even more out of my price range by now.
Thanks for the info.

Wow Jeff, you sure were lucky to have scored the 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof ASE. Is the 2017 Proof ASE you are referring to the 2017-S that was released in the 2017 Congratulations Set and then in the 2017 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set? BTW, the 1995-W American Eagle Proof 10th Anniversary 5-coin Set in OGP is currently selling for around $9,500.

Thanks Kaiser Wilhelm,
It is funny, but I do not even feel a need to complete it. To this day, it still bothers me that the mint did not release a proof 2009 ASE ( I had an enrollment, dammit! It was like they were breaking a contract). I almost stopped collecting them then. It is almost like even if I got the other 2 today, the collection would still be incomplete.

Hi Rich,
I managed to get one. There was one from 2017 that I did not manage to get. That and the 1995-w are the only ones I need to complete my proof set. All are OGP. OGP for the 1995-w was a 4 coin set that I could have gotten for $5000 at the time (from Littleton). That was somewhere around 2006-2008. I have no idea what that set would go for now. It was out of my price range then and I have no doubt is even more out of my reach now.

Antonio, IMHO the 1995-W ASE Proof is still the key to the series even though it’s mintage is a little higher than the 2019-S ASE Enhanced Reverse Proof (29,909 versus 30,102). As per their relative values, the PCGS Price Guide prices are as follows:
1995-W PR-69 = $3,500 & PR-70 = $20,500
2019-S PR-69 = $1,200 & PR-70 = $2,600

As a benchmark, the prices for the 2020-W $50 Gold Eagle Proof – v75 Privy are PR-69 = $13,500 & PR-70 = $18,500

Antonio and Major D, even if you had tried to order one online the very first minute they went on sale, I seriously doubt you would have succeeded in acquiring one. I tried like hell to place an order for one precisely at launch time but failed. Somehow the Dealers got them all even with the HOL = 1.

I was on hiatus and missed it as well.