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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 5009806, member: 77639&quot;]With mint to demand, true collectors (acquire to keep indefinitely) don&#039;t lose.&nbsp; The coins they might buy from the mint could go up or down in value with time.&nbsp; Anyone who buys to flip is acting as a dealer regardless of what else they might call themselves.&nbsp; But if there is acquisition satisfaction at the price at which the mint sells the coin, then the true collector got value for money.&nbsp; Mint to demand can be done economically at the mint as long as the minting is done in batches which pays for the setup and handling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;m not interested in collecting modern U.S. Mint issues and haven&#039;t been for 30+ years.&nbsp; I tried a couple of times for low mintage coins and would have flipped them.&nbsp; Yes, that would have made me a small-time temporary dealer!&nbsp; However, the chances of success are so low and the feeding frenzy so hectic, I won&#039;t try the current system in the future.&nbsp; If the mint institutes a lottery, I might give it a shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did try it once with a limited Royal Mint sovereign issue hoping to make some money.&nbsp; At the time, I didn&#039;t own any British coins.&nbsp; To my surprise, I got a coin and it graded MS70.&nbsp; Even more surprising, I still have the coin 3 years later with no intention of selling.&nbsp; Sometimes the collector gene overpowers the profit gene ... nothing new there!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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