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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1910955, member: 66&quot;]The gift shops are also private companies that contract with the mint, they are not run by the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That leaves two options, mint to order (take all the orders, and then strike that many coins.&nbsp; But that could still be viewed and selling coins they don&#039;t have.) or stop selling coins to collectors altogether.&nbsp; Oh third option reduce mintages to a small fraction of what they are today so you can strike them all ahead of time because you KNOW you will have an sell out.&nbsp; (That one has the advantage of everything being a winner on the aftermarket.)&nbsp; Of course that will mean that everyone will try and rush the ordering period and almost everyone will miss out because they will almost instantly sell out, but shipping will be swift and those that missed out will be able to pay multiples of the issue price on the aftermarket very shortly instead of having to wait for their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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