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Bedrock of the Community
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I dislike the idea you have proposed for two main reasons. The first is I am sick of retreds by the US mint. The second is the cost they would have to charge would be absurd unless they mass produced things bullion style.
I like the creativity you are using in the idea and hope the mint gets much more creative, but I would like to actually have a mint capable of new ideas. Their most sought after products are consistently recycled designs. I refuse to believe that we don't have artists in the country capable of making better designs and if we don't hire the world mint ones who consistently do better.
As far as the traveling mint I think there could potentially be something there to that, but it has to be more planned out and it needs to be more widely focused than nitch recreations for collectors which will likely just aggravate the collectors who have the real versions.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12829 Posts |
What you are describing is the "pop-up mint" suggested in other threads. I'm mostly in favor of this for certain, special issues. However, if I had any say, the only way I would go for this is if the products were of utmost quality, and were (somehow?) protected from tampering (RFIDs, anyone?). I also have to side with basebal21 here. The retreads are, well... retreads. No one is ever going to be happy but can we at least try to please the people that collect them and thus look at them on a daily basis?! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
This is already being done to some degree only not a moving Mint. A place called China is making any coins you want now.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote: I like the creativity you are using in the idea and hope the mint gets much more creative, but I would like to actually have a mint capable of new ideas. Their most sought after products are consistently recycled designs. I refuse to believe that we don't have artists in the country capable of making better designs and if we don't hire the world mint ones who consistently do better. I could not agree with you more on this one. You hit the nail on the head.
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: This is already being done to some degree only not a moving Mint. A place called China is making any coins you want now. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3402 Posts |
I betcha people would like elongated dollar coins...tote that machine around.
KK
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Moderator
 United States
188440 Posts |
Quote: I betcha people would like elongated dollar coins...tote that machine around. Of cousre! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3402 Posts |
Oops Jbuck...I really meant to say elongated Morgans/Peace dollars, the dollar coins that really have value.  KK
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Moderator
 United States
188440 Posts |
You should stop selling it because no one is buying it. 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
720 Posts |
I was browsing through some of my old posts. Did someone at the mint read it. Changing my CCF handle to Nostradamus. Still waiting for those Charlotte and Dahlonega gold coins though.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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I think it's a bad idea. Coins are representative of their time. The penny disappearing is representative of now. Dollars from before are also representative of their time.
In the modern era there so much tatt that isn't representative of anything other than of people wanting to make money.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
720 Posts |
"people wanting to make money." Literally.
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Valued Member
United States
425 Posts |
Bye any chance is your last name Henning? 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1260 Posts |
You can get on ebay, Etsy or Macari and there are hundreds of old "classics" for sale brand new!! China and other countries are making 1938 quarters, 1976 half dollars, 1914 s cents, 1909S VBD cents, 1931 S cents, 1922 no D MM cents, 1955 DDO cents and many, many more. I even saw a 1972 DDO-001 last week...I am totally discussed with all the fakes and "commemoratives" being offered as real...Sorry for the rant..
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: Changing my CCF handle to Nostradamus.  Quote: Still waiting for those Charlotte and Dahlonega gold coins though. 
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