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Re: Saturday morning coffee with coins
Great coins @pursuitofliberty Congrats. Wish I could have been there.
Re: Where is the unopened market heading, Up 20% or Down 20%?
@UlyssesExtravaganza said:
I can agree that its valuable and increasing in value but I dont get it. If you open unopened its instantly less valuable and its known, on average, that what is inside an old unopened pack is nowhere near the value of the unopened pack. With PSA's changing of grading standards to make quality raw vintage less valuable post-grading than it was in the past, the stuff inside unopened is depreciating, not appreciating, while the value of unopened is appreciating.It sure is a lot of fun to open. Maybe that is all that matters.
I used to feel the same way, but my thoughts have changed after reading \learning about unopened on this message board. Unopened is really not about the contents, it is about the whole package and the extreme rarity of it being intact.
It is kind of like the schrodingers cat. The pack can both contain and not contain that 1975 Brett rookie as long as it is unopened
craig44
Re: American Eagle 2025 One Ounce Silver Coin - Laser Beam Privy Mark
@Goldbully said:
ats: 13,889If sales continue at this steady rate, should be dark by September 3rd.
I believe @NJCoin said the HHL will not be lifted for the laser ASE's.
Sometimes it's hard to tell what the Mint is going to do with these current modern issues.
Lift the HHL? Not lift the HHL? HHL=2? HHL=x?
edited to add: @NJCoin do you agree that these coins will be unavailable within say 10 days?
I'm flattered by the confidence, but I honestly have no idea. There is no doubt that at some point the HHL will be lifted. It always is.
Even the American Liberty lifted it after 24 hours, as is the norm. These are an exception to that general rule, similar to the Army privy.
But the Army privy had different sales action, with multiple sell outs followed by multiple replenishing of large quantities to ATS coming from orders the Mint was constantly canceling. All on a pre-order basis, since the Mint did not have them ready to ship.
This time around, they started shipping immediately, it hasn't yet sold out even once, and sales seem to be steady. No way for us to know whether or not they have another 40K ready to reload, as they did on the first Army reload, or whether it's a much smaller number of canceled orders that they have been adding back all along.
All we know for sure is that the HHL WILL be lifted at some point. And that they will absolutely sell out when that happens. Whether they go Unavailable at any point before that happens is an open question. As is whether additional large amounts will be added back to ATS before that happens.
NJCoin
Re: Saturday morning coffee with coins
Sorry I missed everyone yesterday. I was up early and over at HA for the last of my lot viewing and a little walk around before four of us Nuts met back at the Hotel and caught an Uber to the Airport. We also had lunch and a beer there and enjoyed some conversation before we headed our separate ways.
And WOW! Great coins yesterday too!! I miss one Saturday morning and you guys all break out the big guns!!!
I started to write a show report on my flight home, and may finish it up and post it later in a show thread, but the overall take home from the show is all in the image below. It was a great time seeing and hanging out with friends. Wonderful seeing you @EastonCollection Next time I'll need to make sure we are anticipating so many people and get one of the banquet rooms so we can have a more free flowing dinner conversation.
Thanks to David Kahn (and Melissa, Josh and Dick Graham), Phil Hinkleman at Eye Appealing Coins, Steve Herrman, and especially our own Alan B. @Desert Moon (more on that coin later) for the coins, and also a new acquaintance (and very sharp young man) for the paper - A.J. at Dempsey & Baxter.
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