First Spouse Gold: That was fast!

I hate having to pay too many per-order shipping charges, so I like to
bunch up my orders at the mint.

However, this morning, I decided that the First Lady gold coins were
going to go fast, so I placed my order as soon as I could get in.

Good thing, too... Now, the site says the following:

The United States Mint is continuing to take orders for the 2007
First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin - Martha
Washington. Although orders have already been taken that meet the
maximum limit for this product, we will continue to accept orders in
the event cancellations occur. [...]

That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout?

--
Jim Seymour

In article , Jim Seymour
wrote:

I hate having to pay too many per-order shipping charges, so I like to
bunch up my orders at the mint.

However, this morning, I decided that the First Lady gold coins were
going to go fast, so I placed my order as soon as I could get in.

Good thing, too... Now, the site says the following:

The United States Mint is continuing to take orders for the 2007
First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin - Martha
Washington. Although orders have already been taken that meet the
maximum limit for this product, we will continue to accept orders in
the event cancellations occur. [...]

That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout?

I wuz fairly confident that there would be a quick sell-out
on these koin-like items as soon as the Mint cancelled the
"subscription" option for these a few weeks ago. I suspect
that they received more than 40,000 subscription orders,
and didn't want to have a "sold out before official offering"
situation ...

So I popped onto the Mint website promptly at 0900 Pacific
Time and ordered my First Spice koin-like items ... looks
like these will be quite a winner in the aftermarket ...

And kudos to the U S Mint for apparently upgrading their
web hosting equipment. It took almost twenny minutes of
slow page rendering to get through the order process, but
I did not get a single error message or timeout during
the entire session ... unlike several past first-day
ordering adventures ...

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Ken Barr Numismatics
P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com
San Jose, CA 95152 (souvenir cards, MPC, Hickey Bros tokens)
408-272-3247 Next show: Alameda CC, June 27 (tentative, no table)

Dang! Another woulda shoulda coulda. Forgot all about the release date
being today. This pretty much guarantees that any ya'll receive will sell
on the aftermarket for 5K or better. Good on ya.
John

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"Jim Seymour" wrote in message
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I hate having to pay too many per-order shipping charges, so I like to
bunch up my orders at the mint.

However, this morning, I decided that the First Lady gold coins were
going to go fast, so I placed my order as soon as I could get in.

Good thing, too... Now, the site says the following:

The United States Mint is continuing to take orders for the 2007
First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin - Martha
Washington. Although orders have already been taken that meet the
maximum limit for this product, we will continue to accept orders in
the event cancellations occur. [...]

That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout?

--
Jim Seymour

I had my order done and confirmed at 12:01 EDT for 5 ea of the 4 coins, 20
total. Worked smooth for me. Of course the wife will see the AMEX bill
next week and might have a comment or two...

"Jim Seymour" wrote in message
...

That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout?


Hey no fair! I was in Australia! :-D

In article et,
says...

I had my order done and confirmed at 12:01 EDT for 5 ea of the 4 coins, 20
total. Worked smooth for me. Of course the wife will see the AMEX bill
next week and might have a comment or two...


Just tell her that you were buying another wife.


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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:56:48 -0700, Jim Seymour
wrote:

That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout?

Definitely quicker than I thought it would be, considering the price.

Does anyone know if there are plans for replicas?, like there is for
the 2006 Buffalo.

I already have what will be probably my one and only god coin, so I
didn't even consider buying the gold spouse coins. But I do like the
look of the Spouse coins and would not mind owning a replica of one or
two if the price is right, preferably under $20.

On Jun 20, 12:24 pm, Jon Purkey wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:56:48 -0700, Jim Seymour
wrote:

That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout?

Definitely quicker than I thought it would be, considering the price.

Does anyone know if there are plans for replicas?, like there is for
the 2006 Buffalo.

I already have what will be probably my one and only god coin, so I
didn't even consider buying the gold spouse coins. But I do like the
look of the Spouse coins and would not mind owning a replica of one or
two if the price is right, preferably under $20.



The Mint is selling bronze versions for $3.50 a piece ...

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:46:00 -0000, wrote:

The Mint is selling bronze versions for $3.50 a piece ...

Thanks. I can afford that. Though, I wish I had checked these
messages before ordering my Presidential Proof set...