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Message:: [QUOTE="NotSure, post: 809612, member: 20034"]I live in Mass. The offering of a 5 oz 'Minuteman' reverse is very appealing to me, but the thought of a 'Lowell National Historical Park' 5 oz'er is a total turn off (no offense to Lowell'ers, or those that enjoy the park, but there are better places in Mass that could have been represented). Not to mention, I'd have to wait 9 freakin' years for my state's park to be honored??? I think this entire program is nonsense (56 total, gotta wait 11 years for completion??? Ridiculous!). They could have better served the collecting community by attempting to do this with the statehood quarters, as Vess1 mentioned. But FIRST, they SHOULD have pumped out some '09 Proof, and '09 'W' ASE's.  Can you imagine what's in store for ASE collectors? If there wasn't enough silver for any '09 ASE's (just the proof and 'W'), then I suspect we'll be seeing more gaps in the ASE series. For every one of these 5 oz'ers, there are 5 ASE's that could be sold (again, just proof and 'W' versions). I'd have to imagine the mint would make more $$ selling 5 1 oz ASE's than 1 5 oz hockey puck. I DO like the idea of a 5 oz silver coin/commem (the Lincoln Commems would have been a great way to start)...but 56 of them in 11 years? Also, and Vess1 said it,"they won't be easily stored".[/QUOTE]