This FIRST EVER 5-Ounce U.S. Silver coin launched a tidal wave when it was released. But thanks to my small cache, you can stay high and dry — and save over $400 at the same time...but only if you hurry before it's too late!
When the news broke, it sparked an unprecedented thunderstorm — and the storm has still not died down!
For the first time in its over 200-year history, the U.S. Mint announced it would release 5-ounce silver coins. When I first learned of this new program in early 2010, I was thrilled.
It's the largest coin in U.S. history!
And they are big.
Very big.
Three inches in diameter. One hundred fifty-five grams of 99.9% fine silver.
Hold it in your hands and this is one impressive, massive piece of U.S. silver.
Even the U.S. Mint's choice of coin befits the vast scope of this announcement: The America the Beautiful® Quarters. 2010 marked the first year of issue for a planned 11-year program that will recognize 56 national parks & historic sites. The first five
parks honored are:
Hot Springs National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Mount Hood National Forest
But there was something both exciting and intimidating about the announcement:
The shockingly low mintage.
The Incredible Shrinking Promise.
When I first got wind of this historic release, the proposed mintage was in the neighborhood of 168,000 for each of the five coins in the America the Beautiful Quarter series. Considering this was for a first-ever 5-ounce coin, and the instant
surge in demand it created, that number is very small. I knew that anybody who hesitated was going to be disappointed.
But then the bombshell dropped.
The U.S. Mint reduced the total quantity of the release substantially. Before the first coin was even struck, they stunningly lowered the mintage figure to a mere 33,000 of each coin in the series.
Only 33,000!
This was supposed to be a straightforward release of a new silver coin. But with such a tiny mintage it became a numismatic rarity virtually overnight.
How rare? This low mintage makes the 2010 America the Beautiful 5-ounce silver coin the
most limited brilliant uncirculated silver coin of the whole year!
Even for proof silver coins, you have to go back more than 15 years to find a low mintage to compare to this. The 1995-W One-Ounce American Silver Eagle Dollar Proof had a mintage of 30,000 coins. At the time, a single coin was valued at around $200.
Today, it's now valued at as much as $4,000!
A 2000% increase in value!
When the reality of this rarity set in as the first coins began to be released by the mint, the market went ballistic. Literally overnight, collectors were paying up to $1,199 each. That's an increase of more than 500% over the release price!
A Second Year Surprise
As a coveted first year of issue, the 2010 America the Beautiful 5-ounce silver coins will always have a spot on any collector's wish list. But they jumped to the
top of that list when the U.S. Mint began striking the follow up second-year
coins in mintages up to 126,700 each! That's nearly FOUR TIMES more than these 2010 issues. That's the kind of supply and demand scenario collectors drool over!
Top Gem Quality
In the midst of the tidal wave of demand following this red-hot silver release, I quietly accumulated a very small quantity of 2010 Silver 5-ounce America the Beautiful coins. These massive, three-inch silver coins were each thoroughly inspected by Numismatic
Guaranty Corp. (NGC) for grading purposes. A small cache came back certified as Gem Uncirculated condition - only a few steps shy of absolute perfection.
The Bad News?
All of this has been good news so far. So what's the bad news?
My entire cache of 2010 Silver 5-ounce America the Beautiful coins in certified Gem Uncirculated grade numbers
only 814 coins. With a release
this historic, I simply have to set aside ten coins for my own collection — but I am happy
to announce that I am now releasing the remaining 804 coins on a strict first-come, first-served basis. So step to the front of the line today and don't be disappointed! You'll be among those who own something the U.S. Mint has never before
created. Ever.
Other first year 5-ounce silver coins now command huge premiums in the secondary market. Take the very first 5-ounce Silver Panda from China. This 1987 coin sold for around $99 when first released, but today trades for up to $4400, even in
ungraded condition.
But today I am making these extraordinary first ever U.S. 5-ounce silver coins available to you for only $795, a savings of more than $400 compared to what other national retailers have charged! For this remarkable price you will receive a certified
Gem Uncirculated 2010 coin (National Park design is our choice.) Because of my incredibly small remaining stock, I am forced to impose a limit of FIVE
* of these historic silver treasures per person. Of course, our 30-day money-back
guarantee assures that you will be thrilled with your purchase!
It's not a matter of
if they'll sell out.
It's a matter of how quickly they'll sell out.
This is the first-ever 5-ounce silver coin from the U.S. Mint!
The first year of issue of an 11-year program
At 33,000, this is an extraordinarily low mintage — nearly 4 TIMES rarer than the follow up coins struck in 2011.
Please don't delay. When my supply is gone, it's gone!