Mint State 63 coins retain the BUY recommendations of last CoinStats -- $1 Gold Liberty Type 1 (unchanged at 94) and $1 Gold Indian Type 3 (unchanged at 90). The single type flagged as a SELL is still the $20 Gold Saint-Gaudens with Motto (+4 to 40). Four MS 64s are flagged as BUYs, all with unchanged CoinStats points -- $1 Gold Liberty Type 1 (84), $1 Gold Indian Type 3 (86), $20 Gold Liberty Type 1 (80), and $20 Gold Liberty Type 2 (84). There is still a single MS 64 SELL ($20 Gold Saint-Gaudens with Motto, +2 to 44). The grade with the most BUY recommendations is MS 65, with an impressive total of 9 -- $1 Gold Type 1 (unchanged at 90), $1 Gold Type 3 (unchanged at 82), $2 ¸ Gold Liberty (+4 to 84), $2 ¸ Gold Indian (unchanged at 90), $5 Gold Liberty (+4 to 84), $10 Gold Liberty (+4 to 86), $10 Gold Indian (+4 to 88), $20 Gold Liberty Type 1 making its debut at 82, and $20 Gold Type 3 (+4 to 84). MS 66 graded coins are a close second with 8 BUYs. The stratospheric rating of 96 is garnered by both $2 ¸ Gold Indian and $20 Gold Liberty Type 3 in MS 66. There are 5 BUYs for MS 67, with the newest being the $20 Gold Saint-Gaudens with Motto (+4 to 80). The proofs have a dearth of BUYs -- just $1 Gold Indian Type 3 in PR 67 (unchanged at 80 points) and $5 Gold Indian PR 63 (unchanged at 84). Likewise, there are two SELLs: $3 Gold Indian PR 64 (+4 to 46), and $5 Gold Liberty PR 64 (+4 to 44). A couple of types lost their SELL recommendations: $3 Gold Indian PR 63 (+2 to 50), and $2 ¸ Gold Liberty PR 66 (+4 to 50).

** UNIQUE SPECIAL SITUATION: Concern over potential problems that could occur as a result of the Year 2000 Millenium Bug (Y2K) has caused substantial buying in select items. This is causing temporary shortages in supply and could cause hgher prices over the next 12 months.