US Mint Survey I Took Last Night

i love the idea with the exception of it being in platinum.. wish they would make it in something I could afford like silver

I did not get the survey. While we would all like to see these in silver, I don't think that is going to happen, due to needing congress approval. So platinum is better than gold since it looks closer to silver. I would bet these would look nice in platinum. Maybe I could afford the 1/10 oz. hmmm.

I really don't think the U.S. Mint would stoop low enough to make an ASE with a Christmas design. That is left up to private mints to do this. They have a reputation to uphold (I hope).

So far the US Mint is using these repeatable trends as cash cows:

1. Reissuing old "classic" designs. (1986-present)
2. Special "finishes"
a. Satin uncirculated (2005-2010)
b. Reverse proof (2006-present)
c. Burnished uncirculated (2006-present)
d. vapor blasted (2010-present)
e. Enhanced uncirculated (2013-present)
3. Off-metal strikes (2014-present)

It's not bad considering what The Royal Mint, the RCM and Perth Mints have done with their collector offerings. I didn't include the bimetallic LoC eagle nor the UHR double eagle as those are still one-off offerings, but those too can become new trends.

CW has an article on the coins with mock ups in GOLD.

http://www.coinworld.com/news/mint-...-issues.html