Personally, I was verry surprised with the Mint website issues this morning. I was completely shutout with all the aforementioned "rinse and repeat" issues in this thread.

Were all those who posed previously with "pass" or "not interested" in today's release just sandbagging the rest of us? I was able to order a v75 ASE last Thursday but struck out completely today.

I sense there will be significant buyers remorse on many of these, especially the gold as the price of gold tanks. Be patient, I'll bet the secondary market will be to the collector's advantage at the expense of flippers.

@ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ said:
these are in the sold section of eBay

wow.... some not informed buyers

and confirmed some scammy sales where they SAY medal, but SHOW the v75 ase - these buyers are gonna be ... disappointed

It'll be an open & shut "item not as described" case. I do agree the medal/ASE could have been named better.

My iPhone with a WiFi connection failed me today with the U.S. Mint.

Or, was it the other way around?

@morgansforever said:

can't believe this sold out in a few hours. How fast before it was unavailable?

I'm not sure about the gold, but the silver went unavailable mid-purchase for me in 35 minutes.

I have no choice but to wait and purchase these on the secondary market.

Whoa! Keep checking on these things! The 24K $25 gold just became available at 5:32 my time (PST), so I snagged one. Confirmed order already!

Just received notice that the silver I ordered shipped today

Got a silver this morning!!!! Woo Hoo! USM08854** The window was only open for a moment. The gold was available as well, for about a minute longer.

@ECHOES said:
I just noticed I have a Silver Medal in the bag on my phone, didn't notice until now as I was working with laptop.
OK Boys and Girls, fill me in as I would love to have for my collection, what's the best way to proceed?

You may have one in your bag, but cannot purchase it unless the item becomes "available", if even for a brief 20 second window. You have to be spot on. Capture the moment at the exact second. Good luck.

Also interesting, with the silver medals, a handful of COA's will be signed.

@Weather11am said:
I’m so confused. I had a V75 AGE in my cart yesterday morning, I log on in the evening, and it turned into the silver medal.

I then was able to get through on the silver medal this morning by pure luck (wish I had that luck on the AGE lol).

Very strange...

Well, against my better judgement, I bought the gold coin, which just arrived. It is a beautiful coin, no doubt. My wife really likes it, too, and she isn’t really into coins.

I’m struggling with the fact that I’m $400 in the hole out of the gate. My guess is that gold is on a downward trajectory, meaning that gap will only widen if I’m right. Also, the coin is really only selling at cost on EBay (after fees), so I suspect the value will slowly drop. What are your opinions? Keep or return? I’ve got seven days to decide.

I was lucky enough to purchase the silver medal today. Don't have much interest in it except for the possibility that it might be hand signed. If I open it and it is signed does it lose significant value? Or should I just send to PCGS for grading in the off chance it is signed? What would you guys do?

@ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ said:
personally, im opening mine - not going to pay 20 for an unsigned cert to be slabbed - ridiculous

Valid point. I also have the 24-karat gold coin that i probably will get graded. Thought it might be a more cohesive set for resale if both were graded

Silver Medal due today...

@Halfpence said:

@Danno44 said:

@Halfpence said:
We'll, as much as I like this coin, I've decided to return it. I just can't justify the expense given the poor returns I'm seeing. I'll look for it at my LCS in the next year to see if I can find it for near spot.

Maybe post it on BST for someone here who wanted one and missed out. You recoup your costs and someone here gets one...just a thought. Good karma and all and you don’t lose any money.

I would do as you suggest if I had confidence in transactions through a forum like this, but I don’t. I’ve read about people losing a lot of money, so I’m cautious.

I had the coin packaged up for return, and wondered if an LCS would be interested. I called one, who had no interest. Called another, who wasn’t sure which coin I was talking about. They asked how much I was asking, and I told them $75 over what I spent. They did some EBay research, and told me that $75 was too little, thinking I paid near spot. They offered $1,000. I told them I paid $1335. They said, Oh, well, what the heck, how about $1,400? I said, “I’ll be right down”. I hated to see this one go, but I really don’t think it will retain its value. I’m lucky to have made $60 out of the deal.

Almost nothing the Mint issues retains its value. Even if you score one of the limited edition hits like V75 AGE, it is probably a mistake to not flip it and try to buy it back more cheaply later.

@Halfpence said:
I think you’re right about that, but the 2019 erp may be an exception. Will see about the V75 ASE.

Even the 2019 ERP@Halfpence said:
I think you’re right about that, but the 2019 erp may be an exception. Will see about the V75 ASE.

Even the 2019 ERP you would have been better off flipping it last year and buying it back this year.

Nice job!

Nice Design. When the price settles down I may consider picking one up.
Two PR70 sales from yesterday, good ole auction style.