United States Mint Opens Sales For 2015 March Of Dimes Special Silver Set On May 4

Thanks.

I ordered at 12:00, took like 3 minutes to process as the mint asked me for all my credit info despite having one on file....
But I got a notification yesterday my order has shipped

No.

The silver reverse proof has the "P" MM. The regular silver dime in 2015 set has the "S" MM.

The Mint got it all plan out, have collectors to also buy the regular Mint set to complete the dime set.

My ordered shipped! Tracking number is active and shows set will be here Tuesday. If recent mint-order history repeats I will get it Friday or Saturday. However, I will just expect it next week and be happy when it arrives.

Glad to see so many get their sets shipped out quickly. Mine will be here eventually. I ordered around 12:20 and mine said in stock when I added it to my cart, but then in check-out it said to expect it August 13th or something. I get that they only have a certain amount ready to ship, but I still don't get why it takes over 3 more months to get the rest of the sets out.

Because government is simply not as efficient as the private sector. If the mint could be managed completely separate from the rest of the federal government, the operations would almost certainly improve, but all agencies are unfortunately managed under the same umbrella. So, the mint has to follow the same policies. For example, if we have someone in my business who is failing to perform their job duties, we explain to them how they're failing, retrain if necessary, and give them an opportunity to improve. If they don't, then they lose their job. They also don't collect unemployment because they were not laid off, they were terminated for cause. At the mint (or any federal government agency), terminating poorly productive or even destructive employees is a major ordeal. It takes so long and costs so much money that even those with the poorest productivity and attendance often go undisciplined. This of course frustrates their coworkers which also negatively impacts productivity.

Looking at a broader picture, if there was competition, the companies that took too long to get their products to market would go out of business. Of course in this case privatization is not wanted because the coins would not feel as legitimate to consumers, so we're stuck with relatively poor productivity.

@CelticKnot: What else did you purchase? I picked up a 4 coin Kennedy Set and the MOD uncirculated Dollar (which is out of stock and did not ship with my order) and my order shipped yesterday.