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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bg35765, post: 1708669, member: 42710&quot;]1.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to see them create any errors intentionally.&nbsp; The &quot;oops, we forgot the mintmark&quot; has happened so many times that it makes you wonder.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; No, I&#039;m good with the way this is handled.&nbsp; It is nice to have confidence in the purity of the bullion, and I would never buy anything that wasn&#039;t from the U.S. mint or another government mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Now, that idea I like!&nbsp; That would be a tough balancing act for them though.&nbsp; The margins that coin dealers get on mint products would not be high enough for Wal-Mart or Target.&nbsp; And if they reduced the price for the big box stores they would need to do it for everybody.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, theft would be a big problem for those stores.&nbsp; I think it could be done.&nbsp; Maybe only offer only one product - the standard proof set - just before Christmas.&nbsp; The mint could leave the pricing the same, but throw the stores a bone buy offering to pay for a portion of the Sunday circular mailing if they put the proof set on the front page of the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be a short term money loser, but a long term winner because it would get people interested in the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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