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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1162101, member: 15929&quot;]Absolutely!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When the US Mint produces a quarter, it costs them less than 8 cents yet they recieve a 25 cent credit from the Federal Reserve Bank. Thats close to a 200% profit. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/index.cfm?action=faq_circulating_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/index.cfm?action=faq_circulating_coin" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/index.cfm?action=faq_circulating_coin</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would guess that shipping the coin to the rollers and packagers along with the paper to roll them and the cardboard and plastic to package them doesn&#039;t add more than a nickel per coin to that cost yet the collecting consumer is charged more than double face value for these coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And let&#039;s talk about the ATB quarters for a second.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When the Statehood Quarters came out, boxes specific to each state could be ordered by member Federal Reserve Banks upon the coins release. This made the &quot;product&quot; available to the public at face value by the box or roll.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The America the Beautiful Quarters™ are run under different rules and as such member banks CANNOT order specific parks as they are released. The ONLY way to obtain a full roll of these coins at face value is either by attending the release ceremony or by getting &quot;lucky&quot; at the bank as the coins are released to member banks generically and most are mixed in with other coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The US Mint has a &quot;monopoly&quot; on a ready availability of BU rolls and they are charging the collecting community a hefty premium to obtain them. That premium is a HUGE profit margin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As an after thought, I don;t believe for a second that the subcontractor (PBGS) that the US Mint uses actually &quot;sets&quot; the price for these products. They simply act as a warehouse that distributes the product as an official agent of the US Mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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