When will the mint pull the plug on 2008-w AGE ?

levinll · January 1, 2009 1:29AM

I thought they were to stop selling these on 12/31/08 but their web site still shows them in stock and available for sale.

tincup · January 1, 2009 1:36AM

They will probably continue to sell as long as they have some in stock from the last minting run. I'm sure they will not mint any more into this new year.

LALASD4 · January 1, 2009 1:51AM

Until June or when they run out of inventory.

levinll · January 1, 2009 2:23AM

TomB · January 1, 2009 3:13AM

They sell everything else well beyond the calendar year, unless bullion prices dictate otherwise, so why not these?

corvette4 · January 1, 2009 3:57AM

I called the mint and it is as LALASD4 depicts in his post. The mint will sell the entire currently minted run of 2008-W AGEs until they are sold out, or until June of 2009, which ever come first. Since the proof 2008-W AGEs are going dark I would guess that it would not be long before the uncirculated AGEs start to go dark.

Since it takes $947 to buy a bullion 1 ounce AGE at today’s price, and the mint is selling the 2008-W one-ounce at $974.95, there is only a difference of $27.95 between the collector coin and the bullion coin. For the individual that is not just strictly a gold investor, and has some collector blood in his/her veins, I would think that the 2008-W one-ounce would be the way to go.

If the war escalates in the Gaza Strip spot gold could very well go over the mint sell price, which could happen within the next week. That means the mint will close sales immediately and just may not open them again for any more 2008-W sales.

If that happens we could very well see some fairly low mintage figures for the 2008-W AGEs making them the key to the series. Since I collect the series I have already pulled the trigger on the number of 2008-Ws that I can afford at the present time.

GritsMan · January 1, 2009 4:40AM

I've personally been surprised they didn't sell out long ago. These ought to be GOOD coins...

dsessom · January 1, 2009 4:41AM

I bought one last night just for the hell of it. I'm not really into moderns, but it's the only coin my wife has ever said she liked so I decided to buy one for her. One of the NGC MS70 ones on Ebay. I do admit, that they are pretty, and not really that expensive..

jmski52 · January 1, 2009 4:52AM

The 2006-Ws sold out in December. Does anyone recall whether the 2007-Ws were sold out, or did they get pulled at some point?

I'm thinking that they sold out, but I don't remember when it was.

corvette4 · January 1, 2009 6:09AM

I ordered some 2007-W AGEs on March 17, 2008, and got them.

When will the mint pull the plug on 2008-w AGE ?

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