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Message:: [QUOTE="illini420, post: 1013413, member: 19423"]Unless the Buchanan coin sells out the 15,000 max, I don't see any reason they would raise the max mintage on the Mary Todd Lincoln coin.  I see people here repeatedly predicting that the Mrs. Lincoln coin will be very popular but I'm not buying in to that.  Sure, it may be a bit more popular than the two Tyler spouse coins, but do you all really think more collectors are going to come out of the woodwork and jump into the First Spouse series for a Mrs. Lincoln coin and buy in larger numbers than the last three Liberty designs???  I seriously doubt it.   Sure, there are tons of Lincoln collectors out there, myself included, who would pretty much buy anything Lincoln that is made by the Mint.  But I think most of us really only care about Abe Lincoln and aren't as willing to jump all over a coin honoring his wife, especially at $800+ per coin!!!  Perhaps if Abe was on the reverse of the coin, then I could see it selling in stronger numbers than the recent Liberty designs but that isn't the case. So for those of you thinking the Mary Todd Lincoln coin will be super popular and bring new collectors to these Spouse coins, how about providing some back up reasoning to your prediction and help me understand <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]