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<p>[QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 917025, member: 21782"]<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">Yep, although some of the new mint products are welcome after the old days of practically nothing, they could do a better job. It appears they have a bunch of new hires or over worked employees with all the new programs. Look at all the DD's in the state quarter and </span><span style="color: black">Lincoln</span><span style="color: black"> cent series (well yeah, I welcome that poor quality work). Look at the poorly packed products and poorly designed coins, the list goes on and on. They've yet to come up to speed with their new mission, that of producing a complete line of collectables and being a profit center (although their profit is outrageous and takes advantage of the collector).</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">My worst experience was with the Franklin commem dollars, which sold out. My first return of five of each poor quality dollars, produced replacements that were even worse ( proof in my mind, they send out previous returns). When I returned the replacements, the mint lost my order. Thankfully, I insured them, so after about six months I received the insurance money. I was happier with the insurance money because none of the coins would have graded over 63 (and that’s probably a record low for a modern commem dollar).</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 917025, member: 21782"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]Yep, although some of the new mint products are welcome after the old days of practically nothing, they could do a better job. It appears they have a bunch of new hires or over worked employees with all the new programs. Look at all the DD's in the state quarter and [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Lincoln[/COLOR][COLOR=black] cent series (well yeah, I welcome that poor quality work). Look at the poorly packed products and poorly designed coins, the list goes on and on. They've yet to come up to speed with their new mission, that of producing a complete line of collectables and being a profit center (although their profit is outrageous and takes advantage of the collector).[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]My worst experience was with the Franklin commem dollars, which sold out. My first return of five of each poor quality dollars, produced replacements that were even worse ( proof in my mind, they send out previous returns). When I returned the replacements, the mint lost my order. Thankfully, I insured them, so after about six months I received the insurance money. I was happier with the insurance money because none of the coins would have graded over 63 (and that’s probably a record low for a modern commem dollar).[/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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