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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 68702, member: 112&quot;]That&#039;s not what I&#039;m saying. I&#039;m saying don&#039;t confuse mintage numbers with the with the way that coins are offered for sale. Mintage is mintage - it&#039;s always the same and never changes. What changes is the number of coins made available for sale in various packages.</p><p><br /></p><p>And whether it sounds logical or not - original packaging can and does have an impact on value.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well almost - your sentence would be worded correctly if it was - <i> &quot; Still curious has the mint done this in the past, lower the number of sets available on a collector set to boost individual sales of that coin? &quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t cite you specific examples of the mint doing this before, but I would imagine that they have. They have changed the rules on offerings many times over the years. But it&#039;s not really done to boost sales - it&#039;s usually done to allow more individuals to be able to purchase the coin in question. Typically this sort of thing only happens with the offerings that are selling well to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes - you can trust reports published by <i>Numismatic News</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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