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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2290939, member: 15929&quot;]&quot;Loyal&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>The type of &quot;loyalty&quot; you are referring to is only in your mind since I seriously doubt that the US Mint would ever have a product offering solely for it&#039;s &quot;Loyal&quot; customers. Unless, of course, you consider that crappy US Mint Bag which they sent out a few years back but then, everybody got one of those. New or Old customers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I just find it odd that the term &quot;loyal&quot; is used since it&#039;s not like the US Mint ever handed out any favors or even any type of recognition for &quot;long time, loyal&quot; US Mint customers?</p><p><br /></p><p>Free US Mint conventions for customers which have ordered US Mint products consistently for say, 10 consecutive years?</p><p><br /></p><p>A special &quot;luncheon&quot; at one of the ANA Conventions for long time US Mint customers?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe &quot;Parking Validation&quot; when you visit one of their facilities?</p><p><br /></p><p>Special Tours perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides, the US Mint is the ONLY source of US Mint products. Of course, there&#039;s always the &quot;aftermarket&quot; where you can pickup US Mint products for possibly cheaper than their original issue price but that&#039;s a different kind of loyalty.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were to use the word &quot;loyal&quot;, I guess it would be in reference to some other after market business where I continued to buy, at their inflated prices, just because I wanted to do business with them and, should we ever meet, maybe they&#039;d buy &quot;ME&quot; a cup of coffee for my &quot;Loyal Patronage&quot;? Kinda like PCGS sending out their annual calendars?</p><p><br /></p><p>I tell you what, if the US Mint would reimburse me some of the $60.45 I spent in their 2011-W Silver Eagle, I&#039;d believe that they recognize &quot;Loyalty&quot; in their customer base. Especially since the 2011-W Proof version sold for only $59.95.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, the US Mint simply does not recognize &quot;loyal&quot; customers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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