United States Mint Announces Plans To Discontinue Mail Orders

Yeah. Even if you are a technophobe, you can order by phone.

I'm waiting for the "...and it will drop prices across the board by 5%".

Right.

The Times they are a Changin, The Ole days. I recall it was THE only way to place an order, when I was eight.I do not recall talking via phone to the Mint (1963 ). I use to LOVE getting " Envelopes " and such from The United States Mints, what coin collector would not.

Think about the change they are doing, I Love these two options, Online and phone, both are IMO, the path of least grief. Actually placing the order on the internet and at times, call upon their customer service reps to hear another human's voice, to check that all is well...........

I think some of the collateral damage, the Younger Collectors , will be affected by not " filling out forms and sending it through the postal system " was special, checking the mail for what was a small Holiday when the package came.!!! They will NOT have the option.

I believe I was rambling , I think the phone and internet systems will be fine. Now let's discuss a fair distribution system, Something about a level playing field, for all to have access, somehow!!!

The youngsters of today are WAAAAY more into digital everything than we were (are) and really have no need or desire to fill out forms for ANYTHING. Everything is done on their phones etc. now...

....and I didn't know the Mint was $20 trillion in debt. Maybe those numbers should be verified.

In some ways I think it's safer to order online through an encrypted website than sending a check or your credit card number through the mail. I don't know very many people of my generation who send payment through the mail, so I suppose it's not worth the money, time, and effort for the Mint to keep up presumably small numbers of mail orders.

Out of curiosity though, does anyone know when the Mint began mail orders? I know people wrote for proof coins in the nineteenth century.

College Barbers, I know the Mint use to send Proof sets from the first year minted 1936 proof sets, 1947 Mint sets. I know the enveloped set was placed in another envelope and addressed and sent out to the customers...............


Again, The system will be no more.....

Maybe they can layoff a few employees,and lower the Current offering price.

I read some where about a week ago that the Mint was working on a Drone Deliver System , might be ready by 2018.