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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 994318, member: 24633"]This is just a guess, but maybe the increase in BIN's on eBay is an indication that those sellers are taking a beating using the general auction format with minimum opening bids. Even one of my favorite sellers of French medals is using more BIN's with somewhat hefty prices. Of course, I can often make him a reasonable offer below his BIN which he usually accepts, but some of the pieces are priced way too high for me to even consider this alternative without offending him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I think it's about time that the Mint consider a new design to replace the Kennedy half. After all, the Kennedy hasn't been released into general circulation for 10 years now. I'd really like to see them come up with an allegorical design reminiscent of the 19th century instead of using another dead President. Perhaps that would encourage the Mint to put more of them into circulation, since it has to be produced by law, rather than bagging most of them and keeping them in the Treasury vaults.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 994318, member: 24633"]This is just a guess, but maybe the increase in BIN's on eBay is an indication that those sellers are taking a beating using the general auction format with minimum opening bids. Even one of my favorite sellers of French medals is using more BIN's with somewhat hefty prices. Of course, I can often make him a reasonable offer below his BIN which he usually accepts, but some of the pieces are priced way too high for me to even consider this alternative without offending him. Also, I think it's about time that the Mint consider a new design to replace the Kennedy half. After all, the Kennedy hasn't been released into general circulation for 10 years now. I'd really like to see them come up with an allegorical design reminiscent of the 19th century instead of using another dead President. Perhaps that would encourage the Mint to put more of them into circulation, since it has to be produced by law, rather than bagging most of them and keeping them in the Treasury vaults. Chris[/QUOTE]
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