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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Virginian, post: 2886555, member: 27579&quot;]Does anyone know yet what coins will be in the set?&nbsp; One from each mint (S, W, and (P))?&nbsp; How about that elusive &quot;D?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a chance you are right about that.&nbsp; Yes, of course there are MANY folks who do not know what a silver eagle is.&nbsp; No CHANCE that is the same number of people who never heard of these medals.&nbsp; Or even close.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have family members who get one ASE every year for their &quot;collection&quot; and they never heard of these medals and most of the other &quot;stuff&quot; the mint releases (&quot;<i>you mean they have coins with Presidential spouses on them?</i>&quot;).&nbsp; There are a lot of folks like that out there.&nbsp; They have been making ASEs every year for more than 30 years and a LOT more people are aware of them after all this time and a smaller number who collect them than these medals which just came out recently.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What makes you think that the mint&#039;s goal is to sell as many as possible?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Treasury Secretary and the CCAC do not get paid one red (or even brown) cent more if &quot;the mint&quot; sells more coins, nor do they suffer any consequences when the Mint lays an egg because they picked an unpopular design.</p><p><br /></p><p>These folks are largely politicians, and they have other agendas.&nbsp; To wit . . .</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/libertyhr-png.692555/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Are they trying to promote a goal of a &quot;more contemporary look&quot; or to sell as many coins as possible???</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Do you think that was because they wanted to sell as many as possible?&nbsp; Or perhaps do they other other agendas?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bingo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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