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Message:: [QUOTE="sgklee, post: 154952, member: 5051"]First of all I said nothing about doing away with the penny. I lilke the penny. I know that it takes legislation to change our coinage, but, I haven't seen any attempts by any of our "fiscally conservative republicans" introducing legislation to change this. Have you heard of any Mint officials screaming for these changes in legisation? It's been my observation that a government agency doesn't want to save the taxpayers money for fear of having their budget cut, so they spend as much as they can.:headbang: I must have just gotten an ignorant customer service rep<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  from the mint because she told me the 3 piece silver set was sold out but they were still taking orders in case they had cancellations. As far as markup goes; $27.95 proof+ $27.95 proof+ let's say $15.00 uncirculated= $70.90. Plus take into consideration only 1 package instead of 3 and they've already taken their markup on those 3 prices. So now the Mint sells this product to us collectors at $100.00.  Let's see 15%? riiiggghhhhtttt!  Legacy Set: $22.95 proof set + $35.00 comm + $35.00 comm.= $92.95 Already marked up, only 1 package, sell for $135.00. 15%!!! Rrrriiiiiggggghhhhhtttttt!!!!!!!  As I said "On the Backs of us collectors"!!!!! I will continue to blame the Mint.[/QUOTE]