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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 829801, member: 18157&quot;]Well, I&#039;m not sure I can, but I&#039;ll give it a try...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This suggests that the Anna Harrison coins will have final mintages well below the Louisa Adams coins. However, mintage alone doesn&#039;t necessarily make &quot;the <b>Key</b> date&quot;. Surviving specimens and popularity are factors, too. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With everything else being equal, one would think that the significant reduction in mintage of the Anna Harrison coins relative to the Louisa Adams coins (Unc: -717; Proof: -1271) would make the Anna Harrison coins the new <b>Key</b> dates.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>:loud:HOWEVER!!! The US Mint has decided to delay the Abigail Fillmore coin and continue selling the Anna Harrison coins indefinately!!!</b> :headbang::headbang::headbang:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>...so no one knows that the final mintage of the Anna Harrison coins will be.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>:loud:Now here&#039;s something even <span style="color: red">MORE</span> interesting...</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>US Title 31 only prohibits the sale of First Spouse coins after the entire program is over...around the year 2016. That means the Mint can continue to sell unsold coins after the Mint&#039;s one (1) year marketing period...<b>just as the Presidential coins are continuing to be sold via the direct ship program.</b> When they stop selling First Spouse coins through the Mint&#039;s online catalog, <b>they simply distribute the rest through the Mint&#039;s Bullion Dealer program.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In other words, the mintages after the one (1) year US Mint sales period <b>***IS NOT*** </b>the final mintages of these coins. The mint is likely minting the full complement of these coins (40,000 divided between Uncs and Proofs) and selling them through their auxillary channels...:loud:<b>WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC!!!</b> If they were a private company, the Federal Trade Commission would shut them down!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I hope this answers your question. :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS...I&#039;ve contacted the Mint on this...no comment! I posted comments to the various First Spouse Blogs, but they&#039;ve been deleted without comment. I sent a letter to the Editor of Coin World...<b>we&#039;ll see if they can get an answer for the First Spouse collectors.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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