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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 57551, member: 1235&quot;]I think the marketing department in the US mint has really taken off in the last five years or so. Now they have all the westward journey stuff, and varous non-numismatic items for sale - which they attach to certain strikes (like the native american pouch / peace nickel thing, which made quite a bit of people roll their eyes).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you strip these things away, and went back 20 years, I think you would still find the same sort of things for sale - mint sets, proof sets, the introduction of the gold and silver eagles - bank bags and rolls of uncirculated issues. Same stuff, just not so many variations because of the state quarter program and nickel varieties.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Other than that - what&#039;s new?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Beyond this, and I could be wrong, I don&#039;t think the mint really much cared about it&#039;s sales.&nbsp; People purchased them or they didn&#039;t, but I don&#039;t think it was ever a real aggressive marketing program.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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