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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4638315, member: 66&quot;]Ordering from the Mint back in the early 70&#039;s taught me patience.&nbsp; You would order your proof and mint sets in February, they would cash the check immediately (orders were by mail and payable by check only.) and then sit back and wait, and wait, and wait.&nbsp; You couldn&#039;t &quot;check on the status of the order&quot;, you couldn&#039;t cancel the order, all you could do was wait.&nbsp; And then they would start showing up in November.&nbsp; If by chance something was sold out and you didn&#039;t get it, they would notify you in December or January, and let you know you would get a refund in a month or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of letters to the editor back then in Coin World talking about how low it was taking for their orders to arrive.&nbsp; The longest I ever saw for someone who actually got what he ordered was a wait of two years.&nbsp; The longest for someone who didn&#039;t get his was a guy who ordered a 1971 Brown Ike.&nbsp; In 1977 he got a letter from the mint informing him they were sold out, and that he would be getting a refund shortly.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how long it took to get the refund.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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