OT- US Mint to produce $5 coin honoring baseball

[tazdmb]

Just placed order and no wait (waited over an hour yesterday just to get booted out), FYI-the Gold Five Dollar appears to be sold out, which may account for the high ebay value.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

Just placed order and no wait (waited over an hour yesterday just to get booted out), FYI-the Gold Five Dollar appears to be sold out, which may account for the high ebay value.

It wasn't sold out yesterday when I posted that about the prices. It was actually selling for more prior to the Mint selling them. Even then I got in yesterday at noon and they were available, then I checked out of curiosity at around 4pm and they were still available. People just don't look outside their comfort zone apparently.

[Gary Dunaier]

As far as I know, the gold coins ARE sold out - but the Mint is still accepting orders, which they'll put on a waiting list in case any orders already placed don't go through - but I believe the waitlist is first come, first served, so my guess - and that's all it is, just a GUESS - is that at this point it would be a waste of time to get on the waitlist.

The silver dollar and clad half dollar are still available.

[thetruthisoutthere]

The Gold Proof and Gold Uncirculated coin are "Sold Out."

There is no longer a "Waiting List."

I have one "In Reserve" but it won't be delivered until July.

[Maddog]

I actually went on the day they started selling them and the silver were already on back order. I still placed an order and was told delivery might not be until July/August.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Maddog

I actually went on the day they started selling them and the silver were already on back order. I still placed an order and was told delivery might not be until July/August.

I'll be getting my Silver Coins Mon or Tues. I got my order in at 12:15PM.

[DaClyde]

Could someone explain why the US Mint issues new coins with a a face value that is about 95% lower than the cost to obtain the coin? A $5 gold coin that size is absurd. Why not at least make it a $20? Or for that matter, just make it generic commemorative coin, and not legal tender, since it will never be "spent"?