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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sturmgrenadier, post: 608968, member: 18711&quot;]<b>Why can&#039;t the US Mint do things as well as the RCM?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I stopped by the Union Station kiosk the other day and the clerk showed me her US Mint badge and advised me that all working at these &#039;satellite offices&#039; are bona fide mint employees.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I was looking at my 2009 Proof set today, I wondered: why doesn&#039;t the U.S. Mint make nicer looking framing/packaging for their proof and special sets? I should explain that I also collect Canadian Proof and Specimen sets, and the coins have long come inside a plastic lens (like their US brethren) that is housed in a book-style format. They fit neatly on my book shelf. And if for some reason I would like to do so, the lens holding the coins is detachable from the book. In contrast, ours come in separate lenses that are stored in a flimsy paper box that is usually bent or dinged when you receive it. I just find the presentation value of the products our northern neighbors to be better than our mint&#039;s. They just package/display their coins better. And while it&#039;s the quality of the coins that is most important to me, no one can dispute that the packaging enhances the presentation of the coins. The effect is kind of like having a nice frame around a good painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>And don&#039;t get me started on the superior technology and quality control of the RCM. With colored coins, holograms special finishes (more than we have) and attractive designs, I think they blow us away. I know what people will say: if I like Canadian coins so much more than those from my country, I should move to Canada<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;m just trying to make what I believe is a valid point. Wish the US Mint would get its act more together and be on the cutting edge of things (re: new technology and innovative, appealing designs) instead of being one of the last (for example, Canada had employed the reverse proof finish for years before we got our first in the 2006 ASE set). Maybe the difference is the fact that the RCM is headed by a CEO and run like a private business, whereas ours is a sloth-like government agency with little pressure to adapt and better meet the needs of collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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