Rareity is also the key

I know alot of collectors were frustrated with the overwhelming busy signals and the mint website crashing. You have to understand when thousands of ppl are trying to call at the same time, it will be luck of the draw! Same thing goes for the mint website. It took me hitting redial over and over for over 2 and a half hours straight before I got in. It was frustrating . I know the mintage may seem low to most ppl, but shouldnt there be a few rare coins to make the hobby a challenge sometimes? What is the point of coin collection if it is easy and anyone can have a perfect set?

I remember in 1995 I went to my local coin shop that I went to every week. I remember when he asked me if I wanted to buy a raw 1995-W eagle for 300.00. Silver was less than 6.00 an ounce. I looked at him like he was crazy. I told him there is no way I am paying that outragous price! I wish someone would have kicked me and said buy it .

I know there is supply and demand on the second market. These coins are almost doubled in price in one day. I know 300.00 may seem high, but in the real world 300.00 hardly goes anywhere. I can spend that at walmart with a basket full of grocies.

If you werent able to get in to the mint, I hope you can get one at a fair price. There is a lot of 25th eagle sets on ebay with no reserve. If you dont want to pay the price, then you need to go without. People are paying what they want to get it and you need to over bid them.

I remember the 2011 silver buffalo set. The 2 coin silver set. It was limited to 50,000 . You could either go to the mint website 2 hours early and buy it that way or wait till the mint opened and call them. As soon as it opened I called and got through immediatly and it was already sold out.

I was upset at myself for being lasy and waiting to call, rather than typeing all my information in. I still dont have the set, because the price is still high and I will wait to it gets to the price I want. I will get it eventually, it is a high price to pay for a perfect NGC 70 set. But I cant blame the mint because of the mintage, it makes it a rareity to have.

I believe the rareity makes it a challenge to compete any set. Even if I dont get it,because of the sell out, I will pay what I have to ,to get one !

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