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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1446671, member: 4381&quot;]<a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-&amp;-leisure/2012/05/22/341853/Inauguration-commemorative.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-&amp;-leisure/2012/05/22/341853/Inauguration-commemorative.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-&amp;-leisure/2012/05/22/341853/Inauguration-commemorative.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>nauguration commemorative coins see unimpressive sales</p><p>TAIPEI--Sales of coins commemorating the inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou were lukewarm yesterday, the first say of sale, amid a low international gold price and the president&#039;s plummeting approval ratings.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were no lines of people waiting to buy the commemorative gold and silver coins at the Taipei headquarters of the Bank of Taiwan, which is authorized to sell the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sliding support for Ma, who was sworn into his second term a day earlier, was partially responsible for the lukewarm sales, as the coins are highly political and are sold mostly to supporters, according to a coin vendor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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