Lederhosen for everyone!

To be fair. UK is way smaller and much fewer people than America. China and India and Russia are a huge gold bugs and getting from Australia can be difficult. Due to weight it makes sense that UK or Perth or Australia mint provides the metals to Asia Europe and Africa and Australia. South America is much poorer and besides they have their own gold, just ask the Europeans from the 1500s to 1700s. Not many Russians care if queen or king is on it or a cute koala or musical instruments. Canada has its own Klondike gold. So for UK to smash 10k of a coin is a rather good ratio to population. If you noticed US mint has been dropping while others can’t stamp fast enough. America is being strong armed out. And if these banks keep failing. Our fiends in the east got us by the balls. What milestones does the east have they can market that they haven’t stamped already? America has tons of war and multicultural and space stuff and insurrection and peaceful protests. 2 of the 3 top priorities are diversity and inclusion and equity, and climate change. Obviously national security is a skid mark on the constitution. But, I bet once the rockets fire, we’ll all be equal as all of us will be poor. I also wonder what all those nuke tests did to the environment and climate. The truth will never come out because Erin brockavich and Ben Crump the ambulance chaser and benefactor from victimization would bankrupt America in a class suit.

Of course, but pricing versus rarity is another matter Major D. This year’s Proof “W” ASE $1 coin will have a mintage/sales figure of more than 500,000 coins…it will never be rare coin in its OGP/OMP…the only way an investor or collector will make a profit is if they spend a lot for authentication/grading with PCGS or NGC & are lucky enough to get a top 70 grade. As far as buying one or two for a true collection it is of course just a matter of a collector’s budget, since the Mint has nearly 300 products per year recently at a cost of nearly $40,000 if you buy one of each product they offer. I think a lot of collectors just want to have a complete year date & Mint mark collection of these coins & it’s a lot cheaper than truly rare older “classic” U.S Mint silver coin series such as the wildly popular original Morgan silver dollar series. But, some collectors only collect “modern” coins from the Mint. Like you said, “to each his own” in this matter. I buy a mix of some modern coins & some classic older coins just for variety. I am not an investor per se, but a true numismatic collector. My lifetime collection goes to my four nephews when I’m gone.

NumisdudeTX

Very good point Major D about the authorized purchasing program coming from congressional action. Makes it impossible then for the Mint to open bullion sales to general public. I still make comments about this in the Mint surveys I complete.

Some of those world mint small runs are quite impressive and some aren’t, especially the colorized ones.

Good one Kaiser. DeForest Kelly came from a wealthy family who manufactured vacuum tubes so maybe during the Depression some of his family members were stacking coins? 😉

I lived for 3 years on Misawa Air Force Base in Japan & for 3 years in Germany at our smallest & most secret National Security Agency Base in Bavaria. I attended my first 3 years of high school at our Department of Defense’s Munich American High School. My coin/token/medals/paper money collecting really took off there. Fun times!

NumisdudeTX