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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1071941, member: 19065&quot;]Yes. Received the same email. The Mint has imposed an allocations on bullion in the past. The allocation affects the AP&#039;s placing orders for new bullion, sometimes due to material supply issues, or while they catch up on production to meet demand, but this time, it&#039;s probably got more to do with ensuring all the previous years bullion is purchased before the Mint sends out all their new inventory. That is, APs would be limited on how much 2011 bullion coins they can order and may be required to take 2010 dated bullion until the inventory of 2010s is exhausted. APs and secondary market want to market this &#039;allocation&#039; limitation to their benefit to drive sales of new bullion for which there may be no limitation in a few weeks or months. The secondary market would, if they could, turn to selling new inventory over past years issues and the Mint would be left holding last years stock for longer than necessary so they force the APs to take delivery of that first in order to get newer product. Another consideration, the Mint is releasing many new products in the first quarter of 2011 for the first time in a long time. They may currently be busy with these matters and behind in 2011 bullion production as they deal with numismatic releases right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>A past example: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/06/17/us-mint-bullion-allocation-ends-silver-and-gold-eagles-soar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/06/17/us-mint-bullion-allocation-ends-silver-and-gold-eagles-soar/" rel="nofollow">US Mint Bullion Allocation Ends</a> <i>from</i> CoinNews.net 6/17/2009</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/12/04/2009-american-gold-eagles-inventory-depleted-allocation-to-begin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/12/04/2009-american-gold-eagles-inventory-depleted-allocation-to-begin/" rel="nofollow">2009 American Gold Eagles Inventory Depleted, Allocation to Begin</a> <i>from</i> CoinNews.net 12/4/2009</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/12/23/us-mint-2010-gold-and-silver-eagle-bullion-coins-on-sale-jan-19/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/12/23/us-mint-2010-gold-and-silver-eagle-bullion-coins-on-sale-jan-19/" rel="nofollow">US Mint 2010 Gold and Silver Eagle Bullion Coins on Sale Jan. 19</a> <i>from</i> CoinNews.net 12/23/2009[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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