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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 298317, member: 3011&quot;]I guess another way to put it is that if the US Mint can artificially create demand and inflate prices by intentionally limiting production runs for commemoratives, they will do so.&nbsp; In my mind, this is marketing, not numismatics.&nbsp; The Franklin Mint did the same thing.&nbsp; On the other hand, if a coin intended for circulation has a mintage under 1 million coins because of some quirk of history, this genuine scarcity imparts real numismatic value to the coin even if the actual number of coins is greater than the limited edition commemorative.&nbsp; There are many commemoratives, primarily the silver commems, which are very overpriced in my opinion.&nbsp; They currently have a pretty large following, but I question their staying power.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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