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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 851564, member: 18157"]<b>Quite the contrary</b>...I've been writing editorials to numerous blogs and publications asking the US Mint to <b>explicitly state</b> whether or not their reported "Final US Mint sales" are the same as the "Final mintage" for each design.</p><p> </p><p>What worries me is that there's nothing in <b>Title 31, 5112(o)</b> that restricts the Mint from continuing to release these coins through secondary channels...the Mint's Bullion Dealer's Program, for instance.</p><p> </p><p><b>The regulation states...</b></p><p> </p><p><b>1)</b> All First Spouse coins must be minted during the same period as their associated Presidential dollar.</p><p> </p><p><b>2)</b> No coins can be issued beyond the maximum mintage limits.</p><p> </p><p><b>3)</b> No coins can be sold beyond the date the series concludes (estimated to be sometime in 2016)</p><p> </p><p>The Mint doesn't list First Spouse mintages on their website...they only release their "direct sales" figures through periodicals and blog sites. This gives the "<b>impression</b>" that the final "direct sales" figures <b>ARE</b> the "final mintage" figures. If that's <b>NOT </b>the case, the Mint <b>may</b> be staying just within the letter of the law of engaging in activity that <b>might </b>be considered by some as "<b>fraudulent</b>".</p><p> </p><p>If, <b>on the other hand</b>, the US Mint (in the full glory of their Bureaucratic Arrogance) say... </p><p><b>"Screw the Public...we're the US Mint and we can be as <span style="color: red">obtuse</span> as we care be!" :vanish:</b></p><p>...and these are actually the true mintage figures...well then, <b>WHOOPEE!!!</b> :hail: </p><p> </p><p>I think this is the most likely scenario...I just don't understand why the US Mint is so relucant to clarify the program's administration.</p><p> </p><p>I often imagine wandering around the <b>1915 PAN-PAC exhibition</b> and seeing a table full of $50 rounds and octangulars on sale for $100 each and thinking...<b>"I ain't wasting my money on those POS things!"</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>I wasn't alive in 1915, but I am now and see post after post of CT folks saying...<b>"I ain't wasting my money of those POS things!" </b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><b>WHOA! ...deja vu! :rolling:</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 851564, member: 18157"][B]Quite the contrary[/B]...I've been writing editorials to numerous blogs and publications asking the US Mint to [B]explicitly state[/B] whether or not their reported "Final US Mint sales" are the same as the "Final mintage" for each design. What worries me is that there's nothing in [B]Title 31, 5112(o)[/B] that restricts the Mint from continuing to release these coins through secondary channels...the Mint's Bullion Dealer's Program, for instance. [B]The regulation states...[/B] [B]1)[/B] All First Spouse coins must be minted during the same period as their associated Presidential dollar. [B]2)[/B] No coins can be issued beyond the maximum mintage limits. [B]3)[/B] No coins can be sold beyond the date the series concludes (estimated to be sometime in 2016) The Mint doesn't list First Spouse mintages on their website...they only release their "direct sales" figures through periodicals and blog sites. This gives the "[B]impression[/B]" that the final "direct sales" figures [B]ARE[/B] the "final mintage" figures. If that's [B]NOT [/B]the case, the Mint [B]may[/B] be staying just within the letter of the law of engaging in activity that [B]might [/B]be considered by some as "[B]fraudulent[/B]". If, [B]on the other hand[/B], the US Mint (in the full glory of their Bureaucratic Arrogance) say... [B]"Screw the Public...we're the US Mint and we can be as [COLOR=red]obtuse[/COLOR] as we care be!" :vanish:[/B] ...and these are actually the true mintage figures...well then, [B]WHOOPEE!!![/B] :hail: I think this is the most likely scenario...I just don't understand why the US Mint is so relucant to clarify the program's administration. I often imagine wandering around the [B]1915 PAN-PAC exhibition[/B] and seeing a table full of $50 rounds and octangulars on sale for $100 each and thinking...[B]"I ain't wasting my money on those POS things!"[/B] :D I wasn't alive in 1915, but I am now and see post after post of CT folks saying...[B]"I ain't wasting my money of those POS things!" [/B]:D [B]WHOA! ...deja vu! :rolling:[/B][/QUOTE]
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