Yikes, these have REALLY turned into white elephants and largely unwanted. Like many others I got the first 10, although no hyper-grades and then my interest really tanked...
Oh, well may they RIP and one day have a re-birth of interest!
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<< <i>The 2010 ATB bullion distribution fiasco via the APs was the #1 worst US Mint decision ever. The 2011 25th Anny set comes in second. >>
Without a doubt, the ATB fiasco was the worst. And the profits from both of these fiascos enabled me to build my true collection in ways I could not have afforded before, like picking up a nice circulated Gobrecht to complete my dollar type set, among others...
I lost money on these silly coins and will lose more money on the 10 remaining MS 69 DMPL's which I would like to get rid of but there are no buyers for them.
<< <i>I lost money on these silly coins and will lose more money on the 10 remaining MS 69 DMPL's which I would like to get rid of but there are no buyers for them. >>
Well just got out of the VA hospital 4 days and this old thread brought a tear and a smile to my face, I like many others made enough off my sales but like a dummy kept buying more so now have 4 sets and will wait for silver to hit 40 an ounce and sell them off, it was a fun run and have some good memories..................Enjoy tom Still this will always be one of the top three threads on this board...........
Anyone notice how our old friend Jack Hunt is out front with a pile of PCGS graded 2012 El Yunques on Ebay??? He was probably one of the worst offenders in 2010, but he's figured out the game, or at least he thinks he has. The vast majority of those listed now are from his company, mostly all MS69 PLs. They're going for around $200 right now. I haven't seen any DMPLs listed yet...
These coins (or coasters) interest me still but I am a hesitant buyer. It is always a more interesting time to buy when most everyone starts ignoring something.
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<< <i>Being an original APMEX order and riding incredible flips into 2011 I feel I owe it to the issue to ride it out.
I am going to faithfully buy one bullion set and one (P) set of each year for as long as the run goes. >>
+1 Trust me I was watching you from the beginning and learned alot about presales. These were my first flips and at first I felt guilty and finally realized it was not a sin to buy and flip.....Enjoy tom Here's the picture of the line at the Gold Center Springfield, my first set acquired.
Anyone notice how our old friend Jack Hunt is out front with a pile of PCGS graded 2012 El Yunques on Ebay??? He was probably one of the worst offenders in 2010, but he's figured out the game, or at least he thinks he has. The vast majority of those listed now are from his company, mostly all MS69 PLs. They're going for around $200 right now. I haven't seen any DMPLs listed yet...
I'm sure that good old Jack Hunt is dumping all of his non-DMPLs now, hoping for a market when he gets ready to sell his DMPLs.
I'm still interested in these, although I've been lazy about pursuing the set. It's my typical response to a Mint that keeps pumping out too many issues, too fast, and at too high a markup. The biggest problem for me is reconciling how to find adequate space in case I actually decide to collect them.
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<< <i>Actually if you ask me the biggest offender was APMEX they lost my business then. Have not purchased a single item from them since. >>
Interesting.I bought a graded ATB set from them for $900+,and then turned around and sold them back the same set for $1100+.Maybe it's all a Karma kind of thing.
I got an "A BOMB" from Apmex and it soured me on these. I ended up selling it back to them at a slight loss but am still a bit PO'd by their business methods. I set have one set in a closet that I'll probably move next time I need some cash. I still like them even though they are kinda silly looking.
<< <i>Will this run up on silver push these coins higher?
Is the gap between billion and "collectible" value closing? >>
That would seem likely.
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<< <i>What are people doing with the choice BU slabs? >>
I just listed a BU and some other graded ones on FeeBay. Will be lucky to get melt after fees.
At least I cashed in a good bit when the gettin' was good. Only wish I'd listened to some on the forum who said to sell everything during the craze. I kept some 69s which I could have sold at the time for moon $.
These might have crashed & burned..... but when they were hot, man-o-manischewitz did I make a boatload of cash. Put a new roof on the house, replaced the driveway & installed a fence.
Ah.... the good old days!
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It's a great series to collect. It's by far the largest coin ever produced by the US. It's by far the heaviest coin ever produced by the US. And, every coin shows a different national park or other historical or natural feature of our great country. The mintages of the P mint collector coins are fairly low for a modern coin.
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<< <i>It's a great series to collect. It's by far the largest coin ever produced by the US. It's by far the heaviest coin ever produced by the US. And, every coin shows a different national park or other historical or natural feature of our great country. The mintages of the P mint collector coins are fairly low for a modern coin. >>
I've been collecting the bullion pucks and I agree with the above statement. Even the bullion version has low mintage's compared to other Mint issued bullion products. Now if silver ever regains it's momentum, upwards that is, I'd even show a profit.
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
<< <i>These might have crashed & burned..... but when they were hot, man-o-manischewitz did I make a boatload of cash. Put a new roof on the house, replaced the driveway & installed a fence.
Ah.... the good old days! >>
And you no doubt reported all that extra $$ to the IRS....
Wow - a blast from the past. I remember dumping some when silver was around $35 and I needed some cash. I thought I was dumping at a low point then! I was just POd from getting an "A Bomb" box and sold it back at around cost. I still have a another set sitting in the closet. I actually like them but was so soured by the "A Bomb" fiasco that I just bailed on the series.
I decided just collect the P versions. I wanted the DMPLs but with spotting issues I won't pay the premiums without the PCGS guarantee on the spotting. The DMPLs are way more appealing to me than the P versions. I do have all the 2010-2011 DMPLs PCGS First Strike.
There is no such thing as a "cheap" 5 oz ATB anymore, and I haven't seen any in a while on your link. Do you have a link from that "site" for anyone selling them?
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I got rid of all of mine except one set of all 10 in 69 DMPL.
I doubt if I will keep the set going.
If you bought direct and early, it was the best of flipping meccas.
If you bought graded or in the aftermarket, read Tolstoy.
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<< <i>I was starting to collect them, then lost interest when I accidentally spent one . . .
I cracked out a low grade one as a pocket piece but it was too big and heavy. I ending up trading for some HV/AC work.
What are people doing with the choice BU slabs?
Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.
Oh, well may they RIP and one day have a re-birth of interest!
Well, just Love coins, period.
The 2010 ATB bullion distribution fiasco via the APs was the #1 worst US Mint decision ever. The 2011 25th Anny set comes in second.
<< <i>The 2010 ATB bullion distribution fiasco via the APs was the #1 worst US Mint decision ever. The 2011 25th Anny set comes in second. >>
Without a doubt, the ATB fiasco was the worst. And the profits from both of these fiascos enabled me to build my true collection in ways I could not have afforded before, like picking up a nice circulated Gobrecht to complete my dollar type set, among others...
mbogoman
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<< <i>I lost money on these silly coins and will lose more money on the 10 remaining MS 69 DMPL's which I would like to get rid of but there are no buyers for them. >>
Well just got out of the VA hospital 4 days and this old thread brought a tear and a smile to my face, I like many others made enough off my sales but like a dummy kept buying more so now have 4 sets and will wait for silver to hit 40 an ounce and sell them off, it was a fun run and have some good memories..................Enjoy tom
I used to be famous now I just collect coins.
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mbogoman
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<< <i>I was starting to collect them, then lost interest when I accidentally spent one . . .
Made me think!
The name is LEE!
issue to ride it out.
I am going to faithfully buy one bullion set and one (P) set of each year for as long as the run goes.
Loves me some shiny!
<< <i>Being an original APMEX order and riding incredible flips into 2011 I feel I owe it to the
issue to ride it out.
I am going to faithfully buy one bullion set and one (P) set of each year for as long as the run goes. >>
+1 Trust me I was watching you from the beginning and learned alot about presales. These were my first flips and at first I felt guilty and finally realized it was not a sin to buy and flip.....Enjoy tom
<< <i>
I used to be famous now I just collect coins.
Link to My Registry Set.
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469
Varieties Are The Spice Of LIFE and Thanks to Those who teach us what to search For.
I'm sure that good old Jack Hunt is dumping all of his non-DMPLs now, hoping for a market when he gets ready to sell his DMPLs.
I'm still interested in these, although I've been lazy about pursuing the set. It's my typical response to a Mint that keeps pumping out too many issues, too fast, and at too high a markup. The biggest problem for me is reconciling how to find adequate space in case I actually decide to collect them.
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>Actually if you ask me the biggest offender was APMEX they lost my business then. Have not purchased a single item from them since. >>
Interesting.I bought a graded ATB set from them for $900+,and then turned around and sold them back the same set for $1100+.Maybe it's all a Karma kind of thing.
Maine_Jim
Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.
Is the gap between billion and "collectible" value closing?
<< <i>Will this run up on silver push these coins higher?
Is the gap between billion and "collectible" value closing? >>
That would seem likely.
<< <i>What are people doing with the choice BU slabs? >>
I just listed a BU and some other graded ones on FeeBay. Will be lucky to get melt after fees.
At least I cashed in a good bit when the gettin' was good. Only wish I'd listened to some on the forum who said to sell everything during the craze. I kept some 69s which I could have sold at the time for moon $.
I still can't believe how these things crashed.
I remember when the first set of PCGS MS69FS DMPLs sold for $10K.
To think what I could have sold for at the right time....
Ah.... the good old days!
Hoard the keys.
I was fortunate to get one of the good boxes from Apmex an E box I think not sure my memory is getting bad.
A friend of mine still has an NP1-5 set in sealed "First Strike" eligible boxes.
He has a hard time parting with anything.
Joe
<< <i>What a crazy time. Mega highs and mega lows.
I was fortunate to get one of the good boxes from Apmex an E box I think not sure my memory is getting bad.
A friend of mine still has an NP1-5 set in sealed "First Strike" eligible boxes.
He has a hard time parting with anything.
Joe >>
They are ALL first strike eligible, no need for sealed boxes. PCGS screwed us on this one.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>It's a great series to collect. It's by far the largest coin ever produced by the US. It's by far the heaviest coin ever produced by the US. And, every coin shows a different national park or other historical or natural feature of our great country. The mintages of the P mint collector coins are fairly low for a modern coin. >>
I've been collecting the bullion pucks and I agree with the above statement. Even the bullion version has low mintage's compared to other Mint issued bullion products. Now if silver ever regains it's momentum, upwards that is, I'd even show a profit.
<< <i>These might have crashed & burned..... but when they were hot, man-o-manischewitz did I make a boatload of cash. Put a new roof on the house, replaced the driveway & installed a fence.
Ah.... the good old days! >>
And you no doubt reported all that extra $$ to the IRS....
Jim
2010 Hot Springs 33,000
2010 Yellowstone 33,000
2010 Yosemite 33,000
2010 Grand Canyon 33,000
2010 Mount Hood 33,000
2011 Gettysburg 126,700
2011 Glacier 126,700
2011 Olympic 104,900
2011 Vicksburg 58,100
2011 Chickasaw 48,700
2012 El Yunque 24,000
2012 Chaco Culture 24,400
2012 Acadia 25,400
2012 Hawaii Volcanoes 20,000
2012 Denali 20,000
2013 White Mountain 35,000
2013 Perry’s Victory 30,000
2013 Great Basin 30,000
2013 Fort McHenry 30,000
2013 Mount Rushmore 35,000
America the Beautiful 5 oz. Silver Uncirculated Coin Mintages
2010-P Hot Springs 27,000
2010-P Yellowstone 27,000
2010-P Yosemite 27,000
2010-P Grand Canyon 26,019
2010-P Mount Hood 26,928
2011-P Gettysburg 24,625
2011-P Glacier 20,856
2011-P Olympic 18,398
2011-P Vicksburg 18,594
2011-P Chickasaw 16,827
2012-P El Yunque 17,314
2012-P Chaco Culture 17,146
2012-P Acadia 14,978
2012-P Hawaii Volcanoes 14,863
2012-P Denali 15,225
2013-P White Mountain 20,530
2013-P Perry’s Victory 17,707
2013-P Great Basin 17,792
2013-P Fort McHenry 19,802
2013-P Mount Rushmore 23,540
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
Box of 20
<< <i>According to this, the 2012-P collector version ATB final mintages are somewhat lower - Denali is the new key at 13,891. >>
I got the numbers from Mint news Blog 12/27/2013. The last Denali number I saw (from the mint) was 14,552 vs. 14,863 for Hawaii
<< <i>Does anyone know the cheapest way to get these now-a-days? I'm looking for some bullion versions. >>
Your best bet for cheap 5 oz ATB would be here.
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<< <i>Does anyone know the cheapest way to get these now-a-days? I'm looking for some bullion versions. >>
Your best bet for cheap 5 oz ATB would be here. >>
There is no such thing as a "cheap" 5 oz ATB anymore, and I haven't seen any in a while on your link. Do you have a link from that "site" for anyone selling them?