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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1202743, member: 66&quot;]No I&#039;m not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually like the design, and I think it is probably the best of all the proposed designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I am having a problem with is profits.&nbsp; For the last ten years everytime some organization or company has made a 9/11 whatever there has always been the complaint raised about how terrible it is that some one is profiteering over this tragedy.&nbsp; The authorizing legislation even requires this medal to be sold at cost plus the surcharge for the memorial.&nbsp; Lets see silver is around $35, plus $10 for the surcharge and they are asking $60.&nbsp; Is it REALLY going to cost $15 in actual expenses per medal to make these things??&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so, which means the government is going to be profiting from the tragedy.&nbsp; And then even worse they are making the medal at two different mints because they know that this will make a lot a people buy more than one of them.&nbsp; Even MORE profit from the tragedy.&nbsp; Frankly I think that is even worse than the regular hucksters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I have a question I don&#039;t see addresses in the legislation.&nbsp; With commemorative coins the benefiting agency doesn&#039;t get the surcharge money unless they raise matching funds.&nbsp; Is this the case with the memorial foundation and the medal as well?&nbsp; Or do they just get the handout?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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