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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 680690, member: 18157&quot;]My Father told me long ago, &quot;Collect what inspires you and let history determine its worth&quot;. I like the Spouse series and want to collect the entire series. I have to admit I&#039;m attracted to the low mintages, too. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The US Mint has always produced coins and released them years later...Morgan Dollars, for instance. That&#039;s fine as long as the mintage figures reflect the correct number of coins &quot;produced&quot; not just sold. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Mint doesn&#039;t even have to produce the coins in the same year...1964 dated silver coins were minted well into 1966. They just need to provide an accurate accounting of the production figures. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Someone correct me here...but I &quot;thought&quot; the Mint was required by law to accurately account for all coins produced. If that&#039;s not correct, then I agree with <b>danr</b>&#039;s WARNING 100%. I collect US coins because of the accurate accounting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As far as coins being &quot;warehoused&quot; or put back on sale after they were listed as &quot;sold out&quot;, I really don&#039;t have a problem with that. Afterall, the US Mint is a manufacturing plant. Inventory control is always an issue. They probably make a run of 1000, warehouse them, then make another run once supplies run low. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m sure returned coins present unique problems for the Mint, as well. As long as these coins are accounted for...then no worries. If coins are produced, not sold, then later melted...the &quot;melt&quot; numbers should also be published.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That&#039;s my understanding, anyway. If I&#039;m living in a &quot;Fairy Tale Land&quot;, please clue me in. :secret:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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