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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2774112, member: 10461&quot;]I suspect you&#039;ll get common, generic, high-pop coins, as mentioned.&nbsp; Stuff sold through these programs is likely, like the stuff sold on TV, pretty good quality (in this case, the plastic helps confirm that) - but overpriced.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER] pointed out, nobody is gonna spend big advertising bucks just to sell scarcer, premium coins at a discount.&nbsp; &quot;<i>Ain&#039;t no Santa Claus in numismatics</i>&quot;, as the old folk wisdom goes, and [USER=307]@mikenoodle[/USER] paraphrased.</p><p><br /></p><p>And since Santa ain&#039;t out there lookin&#039; out for me, I&#039;d much rather select my own coins individually, thank you very much.</p><p><br /></p><p>With only one or two small exceptions, the last time I &quot;bought a pig in a poke&quot; (i.e., purchased via sight-unseen mail-order) was in 1998.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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