About 4 years ago my Mother-in-Law went to New York and, while she was there, she stopped by the Mint in Philadelphia and bought me a proof SAE and a 2019 Birth Year set for our then new baby, Sam.

I hadn't really been aware that these were a thing, so I hadn't gotten one when Ben was born, and, of course, in 2019, they were sold out of 2016.

I've kept an eye out on eBay for the last few years but 2016 seems to be a harder-than-most year for these sets and if one ever comes up the seller is usually asking something silly for it like $125-150.

About a week ago one came up for bid with a starting bid of about $41.25. I was hoping this would be a good chance to go for one at a more reasonable price, but there were several other people watching it and it ended up going for $96.00.

I'm just not willing to spend that much on it, in part because, while I think Ben MIGHT like having one and might be jealous of Sam having one, I don't expect him to be THAT into it and for $100 I think there are other things I'd rather get him and other things he'd rather have. So, for now, I passed and I'll continue to watch and wait.

I have an MS70 1/4th oz gold eagle for both boy's birthyears. I've also considered going back and trying to get each of them a 1/10th oz. While more expensive than $100, that's still on the list of things I'd rather get him / them if I'm going to be dropping $100+ on something.