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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NumisMan77, post: 2775445, member: 88103&quot;]I received my mint order. (Yes, I actually ordered the silver medal) The finished product quality is very high for a $60 item, normally they reserve this for something like a 1 oz Ultra-high Relief Liberty coin. I don&#039;t know if it&#039;s my imagination but, the big, goofy stars seem to have a finish that&#039;s between matte and frosted?</p><p>Anyway, I found the extra $25, the freaking, fancy-ass packaging.</p><p>It&#039;s like going to Target to buy some shoes for $35 and finding out the price is now $60. So, you order them anyway and when they arrive, instead of a cardboard box, you have to slide a fancy sleeve off of an expensive-looking box. You open the box an there a pad to keep the case from being scratched by the box during transport. You open the velvet-lined case and there&#039;s a booklet about your shoes and the history of shoe production. You remove the booklet and there&#039;s a cushion covering the shoes in a clear capsule mounted to a display. Then you realize, yep same $35 shoes, only I have an oversized, fancy box with them.</p><p>So, now I&#039;m feeling like I paid too much and it&#039;s going to take up valuable space.</p><p>I don&#039;t hate the design but, those stars never should have been gigantic, like they are. Unless I just don&#039;t get the allegorical message. Maybe the artist needed the stars to be large and menacing so, besides all the other messages, it represents, &quot;Don&#039;t mess with Liberty or she&#039;ll pull off a star and throw it at you!&quot;</p><p>Maybe I&#039;ll read in the booklet why the design is the way it is?</p><p>(Please excuse me for using the word &#039;fancy&#039; so much)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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