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Maybe 11,000.00, but 11.5K?! That's insane.

When markets no longer correlate well to reality highly anomalous pricing begins appearing.

One day you hear of some poor schmuck who can't sell a bag of mint sets and the next you see someone trying to sell a 1969 mint set for $10 more than a 1970. Historically the '69 has mostly been a kindda nothing set. It did have a freakish jump to $20 bid back in 1989 but mostly it's been a face value set until covid when it got a distinct premium. Most are tarnished ands many are so badly tarnished the coins can't be restored to pristine condition even with a long alcohol soak.

Two million were made but there are few left because of neglect.

The 1970 is a winner because it has the '70-D half dollar which is one of the 100 greatest modern coins. To see the '69 sell for much more is a small anomaly.

But another seller is offering the set for far far more; $136.

A few of the coins in this set are nearly unknown in BU rolls. I'm guessing someone is merely projecting where the BU roll market is headed and positioning himself for the new reality.

Or maybe it's just a typo but I'm guessing it isn't. This demand is real and expanding, exploding, and meeting highly limited supply. Where are BU roll sellers going to get coins for BU rolls when the mint sets are gone?

Now I know what it's like for Captain Piccard to draw a smiley face on a warp core breach;

well…I suppose AI did their best to recreate this fictional error. A for effort!

(screenshot from a random Facebook post)

Looks like the steps became a ramp for Jefferson's elderly days. I'll guess 65.

@wondercoin said:
One day, some day, most of these coins will become very tough to accumulate. But, for the most part, that day isn’t today.

Just my 2 cents.

Wondercoin.

BU rolls are the canary in the modern coin coalmine.

They are reacting to demand by soaring in price. There was never a supply so the tiny demand is having a huge effect on price which is likely to drive much more demand because this is human nature and the way collectors behave. Don't get me wrong though. I don't think there's been much piling on yet because people are ignoring the soaring prices just as they ignored the coins all these years.

This is the exact same thing that has already occurred with Russian (Soviet), Chinese, and Indian coins already: A little demand crashed into no supply and prices went up many fold. Soviet and Indian mint and proof set prices went up 1000 fold in some cases. US mint and proof sets are more available BUT demand is potentially many times greater. BU rolls come from mint sets and mint sets are mostly gone.