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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;line_grade, post: 54707, member: 3078&quot;]<b>U.S Mint ordering</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see did &quot;Al Gore&quot; really &quot;invent&quot; the internet? </p><p>The U.S. Mint website reminds me of the first Lunar Landing when the mission was controlled by the &quot;on-board&quot; computer. Little did the general population realize that this sophisticated devise had the computing capacity of your average alarm clock of today. ( AND THIS COMPUTER PROBABLY COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) .&nbsp; Then over the last couple of weeks (or has it been months), the U. S. Mint has been undergoing an up-grade of it&#039;s website to further enhance it&#039;s operational functionality for the general population. Unfortunately, the computer wiz-kids were all relatives of the &quot;Bush Clan&quot; and probably&nbsp; after several million dollars, and weeks of down time, guess what? SAME OLD-SAME OLD....!!! I suspect that they have resurrected the original &quot;Lander Modual&quot; computer and retrofitted it.&nbsp; But who&#039;s counting?</p><p>I have to agree with Crystal in general. The new nickels and in particular the Buffalo will be the coins of the future. As a collector and in general, &quot;a stupid old man&quot;, I have to believe in my heart that any coin or coins, that are only minted for a two year period (and four varieties of those) will someday be available only at a premium&nbsp; regardless of the mintage figures. Of course only time will tell. </p><p>I have to go back to my &quot;roots&quot;, if you will, and state that &quot;if I like a coin and it appeals to me, I want it.&quot;&nbsp; Forget about the future and the future value, and it&#039;s availability, and it&#039;s probability of increasing in value. </p><p>Collecting for me is something beyond all of that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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