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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1381980, member: 19065&quot;]This won&#039;t simply occur. So while it&#039;s a nice little dream to think these early Pucks could become magical key coins, they would really only be anomalies of a series terminated before all designs could be released in a certain type of finish, like the numismatic &quot;P&quot; versions, in this dream scenario.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Don&#039;t forget that fact that the Mint doesn&#039;t get to decide if a coin lives or dies.</i> It would take a change to the existing coin legislation that put the series into law in the first place. It&#039;s not beyond the realm possibility but there are far too many other coin related issues going on at this time to fiddle with the pucks, which would only cause more controversy over a coin that caused a lot of headaches to begin with. The Mint is simply doing what the law say they must do, mint these coins for public sale until the completion of each design represented according to the bills terms. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint resisted the release schedule of the 5 oz. coins initially. Officials at the Mint complained about the many technical issues under tight time constraints on the, then new, 5 oz. coin equipment, which greatly contributed to the delay in the release of the 2010 coins. That rush to release started the ugly scenario with APs, their pre-sales lists and the gripes collectors became obsessed with over distribution of the initial bullion pucks in 2010. People who wanted to buy these and those who just wanted to argue and complain about the whole ordeal ran themselves silly to the point of exhaustion. It&#039;s no wonder the broader collector base isn&#039;t interested in these coins right now, because they&#039;re exasperated and perhaps a little over spent if they bought too many of these while silver spot was up last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, this month, the <a href="http://mintnewsblog.com/2012/02/second-round-of-2013-america-the-beautiful-quarter-designs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.com/2012/02/second-round-of-2013-america-the-beautiful-quarter-designs/" rel="nofollow">second round of designs</a> have been shown for the 2013 National Parks quarters (the pucks are quarters too, after all), and we will certainly have National Parks products beyond the 2012 scenario.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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