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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bacchus, post: 61614, member: 759&quot;]“None of the above” wasn’t one of the choices.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I hear they’re going to mint 600,000.&nbsp; What is a normal commemorative mintage ?&nbsp; Aren’t they usually limited to 500,000 and make fewer if the demand isn’t there ?&nbsp; Maybe a useful data point would be how many ex-Marines are living right now.&nbsp; That would seem to define the upper limit of purchases by Marines, in addition to&nbsp; collector purchases and purchases by folks hoping to sell them on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the West Point commemorative might be misleading.&nbsp; I think there are a lot more ex-Marines than ex-Army officers.&nbsp; Also, I suspect the officers saw their experience as a stepping-stone to better things, while Marines seem to really treasure their experience as Marines.&nbsp; I see a lot of vehicles with “Semper Fi” stickers, and I never see any “West Point” stickers.&nbsp; I’ve found a few sites for Marines on the web that made mention of the release.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I emailed an ex-Marine friend of mine about the upcoming sale, and he never responded.&nbsp; Many of the ex-Marine <i>coin collectors </i>show a lot of enthusiasm, though, on this site and other coin sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I was really trying to find out, though, is if I decide to buy several of these for reasons of investment, is the Uncirculated or the Proof the better bet ?&nbsp; Even though the proofs look better, I’ve read of cases where so few people bought the Uncirculated of a particular issue that it became the better investment because of its increased rarity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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