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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 300507, member: 6763&quot;]Pocket change:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The reason that I do not prefer the Saci&#039;s is because the public really believes that they have gold in them.</p><p>[Remember the mint&#039;s silly (okay, I did not say stupid) promotion about &#039;Golden Dollars&quot;?]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, sure, I have a couple of them, but like many products produced by the US mint I, personally, feel that they (the mint) are ripping off collectors.</p><p>&nbsp; Why else produce $20 rolls of coins and sell them for $39.95, or what ever.</p><p>The mint has changed they system into a commodity producing coins for collectors and overcharging.</p><p>Example: the prices that they get for rolls the Jefferson Nickels from the last two years. Why should they charge any more than face, plus possibly a little for shipping?</p><p>&nbsp;They are making a heafty profit on the little guy.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, &quot;De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp; Translation varies from: There is no accounting for taste. to: There is something for everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that just because I collect Barber dimes, quarters and half dollars (primarily) that not everyone should collect them.</p><p>Heck, then I wouldn&#039;t be able to buy them anymore, and I&#039;d be forced to stop. (No fun in that).</p><p><br /></p><p>But-----------The original question for this thread: was why did the coins sell for so much?</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Again, please, this time you tell me: Why pay so much money when they were still available from the mint for far less money?</p><p>THAT is what I was talking about.</p><p>NOT that the Saci collectors are dumb.&nbsp; NOT that anyone who disagrees with me is dumb. Heck I can be pretty dumb at times.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; But, the question stands:&nbsp; Why did they pay so much?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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