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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 575305, member: 17753&quot;]As I noted in another thread: After working in DC for 30+ years, I learned for the first time (yesterday, in another thread) that the US Mint has a kiosk at Union Station (a 5 minute walk from where I work!!).</p><p><br /></p><p>A few folks ask me some question about it, so I figured I&#039;d start another thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>My own observations: it seems they have most of the cheaper stuff (this morning, every item they had there sold for under $50).&nbsp; Same prices as usmint.gov *except* (of course) no postage fees (and no waiting, and no dealing with Pitney Bowes or whoever).</p><p><br /></p><p>They did have a UHR (and two other gold coins) on display -- but the guy behind the counter said you had to order them on-line.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite curiously: they had Mint Rolls of WH Harrison Dollars (I picked up a few) which I see are listed on the website as sold out.&nbsp; They also had a P&amp;D Mint Roll of the Puerto Rico Quarter, and I picked up one set (noting that everyone else has to wait for their orders to come through -- I now have one in-hand).</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t write down everything they had, but among the offerings were:</p><p>- 2009 P&amp;D Kenney Half Rolls Set</p><p>- 2009 Sac Dollar Rolls Set</p><p>- DC/Territories Quarter Mint Set</p><p>-&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp; Proof Set</p><p>- 2009 President Dollar Proof</p><p>- 2008 Mint Silver Proof Set</p><p><br /></p><p>again -- all of this at the same price as on-line (but no waiting, no fuss)</p><p><br /></p><p>In anwer to some specific questions (the guy behind the counter was an elderly gentle guy, almost frail, I didn&#039;t want to press him too hard)</p><p><br /></p><p>Q: Do you have the Lincoln or Braille commemoratives?</p><p>A: No, you have to go to the website for that</p><p><br /></p><p>Q: How soon after a coin is released does the Kiosk have it?</p><p>A: As soon as they send it to us, which is usually 5-7 days.&nbsp; <i>(Then he added)</i>, but we don&#039;t get the items that are limited, like the Lincoln or Braille <i>(This didn&#039;t make complete sense to me, because the proofs are limited, too, right?&nbsp; But I didn&#039;t want to press him - maybe he was referring to expensive limited)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Q: Will you have the 2009 Indiana Lincoln Cent?</p><p>A: Proabably, that is my understanding <i>(arggh, I forgot to ask if they&#039;d be the expensive special sets, or regular rolls, and/or what day they&#039;d have them)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reporting live, from the Nation&#039;s Capital . . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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