Buy Now or Buy Later?

With over 138,000 sets already sold by the U.S. Mint it seems likely a very large number of 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Sets will be sold. This won't be a rare coin in 70 condition. It seems like the most sense is to wait and buy the coins already NGC or PCGS graded. This will save the cost of getting the coins certified as well as related shipping costs. It also eliminates the chance a coin won't grade at 70. There should be plenty of perfect 70 coins floating around on EBAY or other websites later in the summer. Still it is hard to wait for something new.

Let me say I like American Silver Eagle (ASE) coins that are interesting, reverse proof or whatever an "enhanced" coin turns out to look like. Yes I know ASE are very popular right now, but the U.S. Mint seems to be flooding the market with them. In 2011 they did it right by putting a limit of 100,000 coins on the 25th Anniversary Sets. To be honest a limit of 25,000 coins on the 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Sets would be better and at least make collecting them more of a challenge.

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