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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1532924, member: 66"]No I am not. my comment was based on the history of other recent commems that were promoted as being something that would be eagerly purchased by the special interest group, but in every case the coins were bought by the rank and file coin collectors and not the special interest groups. Even the most successful, the Marine Corps dollar was purchased by coin collectors and extras were purchased to be given as gifts to family members who had been Marines, but in general the rank and file non-collector marines did NOT buy them and most never heard about them. How many American males have been boy scouts? If the non-collector former scouts had bought them it would have been an overnight sellout. It wasn't. They claimed the Jackie Robinson would appeal to African-Americans and Baseball fans, the Black Revolutionary Patriots was supposed to appeal to African Americans. Both flopped as far as sales went. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was supposed to appeal to the vets and all the families of the fallen vets, sales were poor. In every case most of the sales were simply to people who were already collectors</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes I am sure that some of the Lions club members are coin collectors, and some if not many of them will buy one, but the vast majority of them will not. I do not expect this coin to be a sell out. Quite possibly not even close.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1532924, member: 66"]No I am not. my comment was based on the history of other recent commems that were promoted as being something that would be eagerly purchased by the special interest group, but in every case the coins were bought by the rank and file coin collectors and not the special interest groups. Even the most successful, the Marine Corps dollar was purchased by coin collectors and extras were purchased to be given as gifts to family members who had been Marines, but in general the rank and file non-collector marines did NOT buy them and most never heard about them. How many American males have been boy scouts? If the non-collector former scouts had bought them it would have been an overnight sellout. It wasn't. They claimed the Jackie Robinson would appeal to African-Americans and Baseball fans, the Black Revolutionary Patriots was supposed to appeal to African Americans. Both flopped as far as sales went. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was supposed to appeal to the vets and all the families of the fallen vets, sales were poor. In every case most of the sales were simply to people who were already collectors Yes I am sure that some of the Lions club members are coin collectors, and some if not many of them will buy one, but the vast majority of them will not. I do not expect this coin to be a sell out. Quite possibly not even close.[/QUOTE]
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