CoinTalk Members Say U.S. Mint Set Is Projected at $124.50 and Object to the Price
In a CoinTalk forum thread, a member wrote that the U.S. Mint's mint set, which contains no silver, cost him $33.25 in July 2025 and was projected at $124.50, and that he had cancelled his subscriptions. Other members posted objections to the prices and a report that sales had fallen. The source does not give the post dates; an article linked in the thread has the date 2026/01/28 in its URL.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We rewrote the headline, summary and body throughout to match the source, a CoinTalk forum thread. The previous article mistook the "Felix Unger" in the thread title for a numismatic expert and was built on material not in the source (declining quality control, proposals for AI inspection, younger investors, the world coin market and more); we removed all of it and reported the thread's actual subject, members' objections to U.S. Mint price increases, as members' own accounts and opinions. The previous headline was "Numismatic Expert Raises Concerns Over Mint's Quality Control and Its Market Impact."
This article is based only on posts in the CoinTalk forum thread "A Hearty Heartfelt Felix Unger Leveled At The Mint." The source does not give the post dates. What follows are members' own accounts and opinions, not facts confirmed by the U.S. Mint.
A Complaint About the Mint Set Price
The member who started the thread, green18, wrote that he collects modern coins, more specifically products from the U.S. Mint, and has bought from the Mint directly since he was 10. As a boy collecting mint and proof sets, he wrote, the prices were affordable and he could rely on receiving a quality product.
He noted that the Mint has made price adjustments because of instability in the price of silver. He wrote that he can understand that, but that the premiums over the cost of production are more than he can justify paying.
He called the mint set, which contains no silver, one of the most egregious price hikes. According to green18, it has a face value of $5.82, he bought it for $33.25 in July 2025, and the Mint projected a cost of $124.50. He wrote that he has cancelled his subscriptions and will buy on the aftermarket from now on.
Other Members' Responses
- mlov43: saw the $124.50 price for mint sets on the website, and $245 for the silver set, and won't buy at those prices - numist: can sort of see raising prices on the silver product line, but called raising prices on the non-precious-metal products "Pure greed" - Yankee42: the 2021 Silver Proof Set was also priced at $245 despite having 2 quarters instead of 5 - BRandM and calcol: have not bought anything from the Mint in years - calcol: guessed that the Mint is using a profit-maximizing strategy; if sales fall so much that profits go down, it can offer mint sets at a lower price next year, though fewer people may look at the offerings even then - nerosmyfavorite68: for $124 one could get a halfway decent ancient or medieval coin - Yankee42: wondered what the 250th anniversary coin and medal sets will cost - Heavymetal: asked who will buy if collectors don't - DM1: bought proof ASEs, which are silver, from the Mint for around $25 each, and added "Times have changed"
A Post About Sales
Member -jeffB wrote that sales figures over the past week were significantly lower than in previous weeks, and linked to an article on CoinNews (coinnews.net); the link's URL contains the date 2026/01/28. JoshuaP replied that if Mint sales are lower, the Mint may get the hint that silver doesn't need to be sold at immense premiums.
Source: CoinTalk, "A Hearty Heartfelt Felix Unger Leveled At The Mint" (forum thread; post dates not given in the source).
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