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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 154702, member: 1674&quot;]I think you are forgetting that the mint had to purchase the gold and silver, at a cost of nearly $41 million.&nbsp; That makes their profit only $27 million, which is absolute peanuts compared to the overall budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for a little fun, lets assume that they make about 825 million nickels this year (that is the 2003 mintage, which is the last year my redbook shows).&nbsp; Between metal costs and production costs the mint is losing 6¢ per coin (according to the recent CW article).&nbsp; That means that the mint will lose nerly $50 million on nickel production alone!&nbsp; That kinda wipes out the 27 mil they made on these sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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