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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 514016, member: 66&quot;]Probably never.&nbsp; After two years of trying to get it passed it still hasn&#039;t been authorized and now that a new Congress has begun it has to go back to the drawing board and start over from scratch.&nbsp; Add to that the fact there can only be two commem programs a year, and most of the slots through 2014 have been filled already means that the next opening is 2015 for a commem to celebrate an anniversary that was last year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have the Marine Corps coins really done that much?&nbsp; I&#039;ve neve thought they did much in the aftermarket.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They will be available easily in the aftermarket, but I do expect a fast sellout from the mint.&nbsp; It is a very popular subject and the total authorized mintge for Unc and Proof combined is 500,000.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it will set a record but I don&#039;t think it will be available for much longer than the buffalo dollar was (18 days)&nbsp; The 50,000 special sets on the other hand MAY set a record for a silver dollar set.&nbsp; (Current record is the buffalo coin and currency set, 4 days)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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