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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wehwalt, post: 1965722, member: 33595&quot;]Obviously it&#039;s all about the money ... the Mint&#039;s profit from 2,500 coins sold at about a 30 percent premium over melt may be calculated.&nbsp; If the dealers were paying $800 to people to wait in line, as I heard at the show, and people were doubling their money, well, if there&#039;s a lot of money in it for the Mint, the dealers, the grading services, and even the ANA, which must have sold a lot of day wristbands and memberships. Not criticizing the ANA, which does miracles with very little money or staff</p><p><br /></p><p>The only problem is, it makes the hobby look ridiculous.&nbsp; Obviously there&#039;s a market for this stuff at such a high premium, or they would not be doing it, but I think it needs to be done differently.&nbsp; Say, pre-order for members as part of the pre-registration, and if too many order, do it by lottery, possibly weighted for seniority (one chance for every year you&#039;ve been a member). Yes, it will cut back on dealer profits some, but right now most of them are falling to the big dealers as few can spend a night and often, part of a day, waiting. The dealers will still wind up with the bulk of them, but they will probably have to pay a bit more and won&#039;t get as many.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I agree, it is amazing what the ANA does on a relative shoestring, god bless them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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