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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1163166, member: 112&quot;]Well Chris you can consider this then.</p><p><br /></p><p>The total profit margin for ALL bullion releated products in 2010 was 1.9%. The highest it&#039;s been in the past 5 years is 2.3%. Hardly what I would call gouging anybody.</p><p><br /></p><p>The profit margin for ALL numismatic products in 2010 was 12.1%. Again, hardly out of line for any business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now on the items produced for circulation and actually delivered to the FRB, the mint made 49 cents out of every dollar issued. The lowest it&#039;s been out of the last 5 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>That should give you an idea of what it actually costs to produce coinage of all kinds.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you don&#039;t believe me, you can read it for yourself right here - <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/about/annual_report/2010AnnualReport.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/about/annual_report/2010AnnualReport.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/about/annual_report/2010AnnualReport.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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