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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 5008423, member: 66&quot;]1 Mint to demand and it isn&#039;t &quot;special&quot; anymore, just a normal offering.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Yes the Mint would make more money.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. No they would not be happier because now that every one who wants one can get one, there is no aftermarket and those people who bought from the mint for $83 for a proof silver eagle now find they can buy them on ebay for $45.&nbsp; And when thet happens they aren&#039;t happy.&nbsp; And that is in general what happens every time they have a mint to demand offering.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the idea of a lottery, say you have 20,000 coins and you open up that 48 hour period when orders can be placed then select 20,000 winners.&nbsp; The big dealers simply place half a million orders and they win the lions share of the coins awarded.&nbsp; They only have to pay for the coins they actually buy so half a million order placed doesn&#039;t hurt them.&nbsp; Now if you had to pay a non-refundable fee in order to place an order that would cause them to place much fewer orders, but it would also drive away a lot of collectors who wouldn&#039;t want to risk the fee money and possibly get nothing.&nbsp; So the dealers still get the lions share of the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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