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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7971959, member: 101855"]Years ago, everyone who wanted a Proof ASE could get one with no hassles. My parents used to buy one for me for Christmas. Now it’s a lottery with lots of hoops to jump through. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps it’s a good thing that the recent Mint Director has resigned. It seemed that he was “collector hostile.” Maybe the next guy will care about the people who really make the market for these coins. Perhaps the next guy won’t sell the product out the back door at a premium to dealers before the coins are offered to the public. Perhaps the next guy will not set the mintage so low, as he did with the World War II counterstamp coins, that the small number of people who get them will not be “lottery winners.” </p><p><br /></p><p>Let’s hope the next director is more interested in satisfying collectors and not dealers and flippers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7971959, member: 101855"]Years ago, everyone who wanted a Proof ASE could get one with no hassles. My parents used to buy one for me for Christmas. Now it’s a lottery with lots of hoops to jump through. Perhaps it’s a good thing that the recent Mint Director has resigned. It seemed that he was “collector hostile.” Maybe the next guy will care about the people who really make the market for these coins. Perhaps the next guy won’t sell the product out the back door at a premium to dealers before the coins are offered to the public. Perhaps the next guy will not set the mintage so low, as he did with the World War II counterstamp coins, that the small number of people who get them will not be “lottery winners.” Let’s hope the next director is more interested in satisfying collectors and not dealers and flippers.[/QUOTE]
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