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@Walkerguy21D said:
Not being a full time dealer or setting up at shows, I can tell you some of my toughest experiences was professional dealers haggling with me when trying to buy my coins, rather than collectors.

Trying to pick your pocket ..

@NJCoin said:

@mbr33 said:

@NJCoin said:

@mbr33 said:
Let’s hope the 2026 Enhanced silver Eagle looks like the 2013 you’ve shown above. That’s a fine looking coin.

Yes, let's hope. But the odds are very extremely extraordinarily high, in 2026, that it is going to look exactly like the other 2026 EU coin they are making.

Do you feel that’s due to what they call “technical advances in the process” or a choice? As you said, they can do what they want because it is what the Mint says it is as it’s not a defined finish.

No way to know. It sure doesn't look as good.

My money is on it being less expensive to execute, and on them counting on people either not noticing or not caring. No different than cheapening packaging or obnoxiously increasing pricing. They are running it more like a business and less like a service now.

As a taxpayer, I guess that’s what we want to see (and are frankly not used to) but as a collector, it blows.
I admired the nice wooden boxes they used to use for the Buffalo gold coins. The 2026 packaging could have been much more extravagant for the gold coins at the very least, but profits seem to be their main driver for the 250th.

That’s also good timing for the price of the EU gold American Eagle due Thursday.

I really thought the gold Buffalo would stay around for a few more months, but the timing of the drop in gold prices has worked in the favor of the Mint selling out much quicker.

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@cinque1543 said:
Good luck tomorrow to those looking to buy a 2026 gold Buffalo!

I’m in for one. Not for investment purposes…. I just love the coin and can’t wait to see it in person.

Yes Proofs are pretty .. Bought one since 2006 start

That’s quite a collection! I was hoping to see some sort of 20th anniversay acknowledgment this year, like a set or fractionals, but what they’ve done with the 250th celebration rendition of the coin is admirable. Love the thing!

I agree with MS62 as the fields are clean enough to qualify IMO. There's not a big price jump from 61 to 62 though.

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@mbr33 said:
Anybody know where the ATS is heading into the Memorial Day weekend? Just wondering when it’ll sell out so we can see if the Mint will add more like they’ve been doing on several products this year.

They won't be adding more of these. The limit is 15K, they sold over 11K as of their last sales report, and they are currently taking back orders. When they go Unavailable, they will be unavailable, unless credit card payments fail or people return them.

They had sold 11,000 and had about 3500 ATS. Something happened to over 2000 of them in the wee hours of Friday morning, as they dropped to around 950 and since into the 800s. They were close to the 15,000 with all that, so I’m with you that theyll not mint more. There’s too much else going on to bother with something that won’t move all that fast even if they did reconsider the 15K

ATS 712 now. If gold prices stay near where they are now, the price of these will drop once again later this week. If that happens, I'm sure they'll be sold out by next weekend.

Resurrecting this thread ...
I saw on HSN and checked again online the EnhUnc AGE sample they had. It left me unimpressed. Just my opinion.
It looked more like a reverse proof attempt like this -

and not like the 2013 ASE where the dress looks like it has gloss ribbons like this, which I prefer -

@stawick said:
Resurrecting this thread ...
I saw on HSN and checked again online the EnhUnc AGE sample they had. It left me unimpressed. Just my opinion.
It looked more like a reverse proof attempt like this -

and not like the 2013 ASE where the dress looks like it has gloss ribbons like this, which I prefer -

You can't really go by their images, which seem to be AI generated rather than actual photos of the actual coins, but, yeah. The EU AGE on HSN did not look like past EU issues. Clearly a different process, since EU is not a defined finish, and consequently is whatever the Mint says it is.

@coiner said:
Looks like a RP - not normal Burnished Unc Coin - video of coin on HSN site

I did find this image in my searches for the real coin, and agree it does resemble an RP more than a normal burnished uncirc