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From personal experience, I can tell you that Mr. White does not take or return phone calls. TD
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Hopefully this at least will solve the "milkspot" problem. Maybe the burnished ones will be spared that dang acid bath that I am told causes the "milkspot" problems. I'll hang onto the three 3-piece silver sets I have ordered. One is a Christmas gift and the other I'll sell when I can make 50 or 60 bucks on it. The reverse proof will be key coin of the set, so maybe I'll just sell it off as a single.
Well after reading this, maybe there is a little hope for the 2 coin sets that I haven't seen discussed in this post. Do you all remember the 2000 millenium set? No way to tell if the sae was normal unc bullion coin or not. But if you sent the set in to be graded they had a millenium designation. Seems they were pulling a decent premium for a while. Maybe this can happen with the gold and silver anniversary set as well. And you can throw in that $110.05 box as added incentive. Food for thought anyway.
I have to agree that the press releases are nothing but confusing and contradicting. Just another crapload of gov't hypocrasy and their total lack of consideration for the public, whom they are supposed to represent, but haven't done so with true representation in a long time. Seems they all have their own private agendas to deal with first, and then any agenda for the general public comes second to that, if at all.
I guess time will tell on these "special bend-u-over anniversary releases."
I can see it now... the very "rare" 20th annv. first strike proof silver eagle. Not like that other one you bought in January. No siree...This one is special. Only 250,000 of them have the 20th annv. box pedigree. Sitting next to the other 2 coins have made them VERY special. what a racket!!
if the forum wants a formal response from the Mint or this guy M. White (who one said doesnt return phone calls) - one must go to the newspapers with the story..................and the subsequent inquiry
So to sum it up, my SAE sets for $100 each, won't gain jack since the Mint is going to offer 2 of the coins in the set. So lets all cancel our orders. Power in numbers, if everyone, I mean everyone, cancelled, do you think the Mint would offer the 2 coins as singles?
Don't cancel the 3 piece ASE set. The reverse proof ASE alone will probably be worth more than the $100 that the whole set costs. Look what the 1997 proof is bringing and it had a much higher mintage.
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I just spoke with Michael White at the mint and subsequently have emailed him many threads about the disparity of pricing. He said that he will pass them along to the marketing department.
I will let you know if anything else happens.
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Thanks for the update. Congratulations for getting through to Mr. White, when others had said he was unreachable!
I guess the bucket of water I need to carry to him has this in it:
*Does he acknowledge that the Unc-W burnished was not a fully disclosed up-coming product line?
*And that by placing that incomplete description of the Unc-W immediately after the description of the Reverse Proofs as being ONLY in the sets, the Aug 21 press release invited wishful thinking?
I would be over this, except that it will be useful to know that the Mint recognizes what the problems were, and what steps they will take to correct them and prevent similar ones in the future.
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<< <i>Contact: Press inquiries: Michael White (202) 354-7222
Customer Service information: (800) USA MINT (872-6468)
You let me know what they say
From personal experience, I can tell you that Mr. White does not take or return phone calls.
TD
I have to agree that the press releases are nothing but confusing and contradicting. Just another crapload of gov't hypocrasy and their total lack of consideration for the public, whom they are supposed to represent, but haven't done so with true representation in a long time. Seems they all have their own private agendas to deal with first, and then any agenda for the general public comes second to that, if at all.
I guess time will tell on these "special bend-u-over anniversary releases."
Not like that other one you bought in January. No siree...This one is special.
Only 250,000 of them have the 20th annv. box pedigree. Sitting next to the other 2 coins have made them VERY special.
what a racket!!
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 will let you know if anything else happens.
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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I guess the bucket of water I need to carry to him has this in it:
*Does he acknowledge that the Unc-W burnished was not a fully disclosed up-coming product line?
*And that by placing that incomplete description of the Unc-W immediately after the description of the Reverse Proofs as being ONLY in the sets, the Aug 21 press release invited wishful thinking?
I would be over this, except that it will be useful to know that the Mint recognizes what the problems were, and what steps they will take to correct them and prevent similar ones in the future.