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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 500764, member: 6763&quot;]Noost:</p><p>&nbsp;I knew the answer to your question, but, honestly did not know why.</p><p>Further research showed:</p><p><br /></p><p>Full text of &quot;1. U.S. Mint&#039;s commemorative coin program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, July 12, 1995&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The commemorative programs mandated by Congress have be- come raids on the purses of those collectors who purchase the coins. They thereby support the various nonprofit beneficiary organiza tions even though they are denied tax deductions that a direct do- nation would earn. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/usmintscommemora00unit/usmintscommemora00unit_djvu.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.archive.org/stream/usmintscommemora00unit/usmintscommemora00unit_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow">http://www.archive.org/stream/usmintscommemora00unit/usmintscommemora00unit_djvu.txt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Granted this is just a sub-committee hearing about the abuses of the program and the proliferation of the commem program, but it does state the above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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