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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 901191, member: 112"]The cost. The mint can only mint coins if they can make a profit selling them. Until '09, the cost of gold had not risen enough to make this possible because collectors will only pay a certain percentage premium over the value of the gold itself. And as cost rises that precentage drops.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's what made it economically feasible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 901191, member: 112"]The cost. The mint can only mint coins if they can make a profit selling them. Until '09, the cost of gold had not risen enough to make this possible because collectors will only pay a certain percentage premium over the value of the gold itself. And as cost rises that precentage drops. That's what made it economically feasible.[/QUOTE]
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