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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lawrence Chard, post: 2364724, member: 1653&quot;]I know some of you guys are slightly critical of the U.S. Mints, but I have long been critical of ours, the Royal Mint, or the British Royal Mint, as it sometimes styles itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>This past week, it issued press releases about a new coins, a 50 pence with Peter Rabbit, a character from Beatrix Potter&#039;s childrens&#039; books. Although it had already issued one cupro-nickel version, the second coin in the series includes a silver proof version, with colour printing; and it does look cute. It seems that the Mint was unprepared for the great interest in it, as its website was swamped by demand for days. I took a few screenshots, this is one example:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrence_chard/25078938940/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrence_chard/25078938940/in/dateposted-public/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrence_chard/25078938940/in/dateposted-public/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Followed a day later by:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrence_chard/24784239523/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrence_chard/24784239523/in/dateposted-public/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrence_chard/24784239523/in/dateposted-public/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wouldn&#039;t you think a government owned organisation would have spare capacity solutions for its website? Many internet server companies offer extra server capacity to cope with peak loads.</p><p><br /></p><p>and...</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you perform &quot;scheduled maintenance&quot; at a time of peak demand?</p><p><br /></p><p>We are hearing that the coins may not get delivered before June.</p><p><br /></p><p>How does this all compare with the US Mints?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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